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wereghost

wereghost noun: a shapeshifter who can assume the form of a ghost.

Noun

wereghost (plural wereghosts)

  1. (rare) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a ghost.
    • Hey, A long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, long, (...) long, long after the final, final, final, final, final, final, final, final, final, and final subsubchronon's superending, there were no more blood, bone, bonemarrow, organisms, cells, brains, skulls, or any sign of life...2012, J.D. Melville, Herstory. The Second Released Norma Shearer Novel, Xlibris, →ISBN, section 64
    • "After he hauls you off to the station and leaves me alone in this forsaken neighborhood, some wereghost will come along and tear me to bits."2012, Lauren Bjorkman, Miss Fortune Cookie, page 147

Forms of wereghost

pluralwereghosts

Origin of wereghost

From were- + ghost.

Questions about wereghost

What does wereghost mean?
Wereghost means a shapeshifter who can assume the form of a ghost.
What part of speech is wereghost?
Wereghost is a noun.
What is the plural of wereghost?
The plural of wereghost is wereghosts.

Words near wereghost in the dictionary

  1. werefoxes
  2. werefrog
  3. werefrogs
  4. weregeld
  5. weregelds
  6. wereghost
  7. wereghosts
  8. weregild
  9. weregilds
  10. weregoat
  11. weregoats

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