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ecto-mist en · NOUN

Etymology

From ecto- + mist.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A fog-like apparition associated with ghosts.
   • The hotel had revealed many interesting energy anomalies, orbs, and ecto-mists, but none as impressive as these apparitions. 2011 October 8, Melba Goodwyn, Ghost Worlds: A Guide to Poltergeists, Portals, Ecto-Mist, & Spirit Behavior, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 24:
   • The shout sends ecto-mist ripping through his body so he rips apart at the cheeks and chest, his body splitting open at the neck and knees, until he pops in a burst of red smoke and then exits through the crevices of the door. 2021 July 13, Ryan Douglass, The Taking of Jake Livingston, Penguin, →ISBN, page 157:
   • The majority of graveyard ghost stories that involve voices being heard and ecto-mist or full apparitions being seen could very well be the work of a cemetery guardian. 2011 February 8, Melba Goodwyn, Chasing Graveyard Ghosts: Investigations of Haunted & Hallowed Ground, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 69:
   • There were no tipped-over bottles or clouds of ecto-mist swirling near the baseboards, nothing other than that weird, ominous moaning and the rattling of the walls that accompanied it. 2020 March 31, Samantha Irby, Wow, No Thank You.: The #1 New York Times Bestseller, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:

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