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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

ghostless en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English *gostles, from Old English gāstlēas (“lifeless, dead”), equivalent to ghost + -less. Cognate with Dutch geestloos, German geistlos.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without spirit, soul, or life; dead.
  2. (not-comparable) Without a ghost.
    • I don't know about Gary, but I dreamed about dark, spooky houses and horrible, groaning ghosts all night. I was glad to wake up and find it was a bright, sunny, ghostless morning. 1996, Michael Dugan, It's Just a Trick:

Deriveds

ghostlessness