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wraith(dictionary)
wraith(dictionary)

wraith (iou)



wraith noun. Orig. Scot. E16.
[Origin unkn.]
a. An apparition of a dead person; a ghost. E16.
b. A spectral appearance of a living person, freq. regarded as portending that person's death. E16.
A spirit or sprite inhabiting pools etc. M18.
A person or thing suggestive of a phantom or wraith in paleness or insubstantial quality; esp. a wisp of cloud, smoke, etc. E19.
W. C. Williams A tall wraith of a woman looking as though any wind might blow her away. B. England The mist was maddeningly slow to lift...Then, quite suddenly the drifting wraiths were gone.
wraithlike adjective resembling a wraith; pale and insubstantial: M19.