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ghostsome en · ADJ

Etymology

From ghost + -some.

Meanings

1. Marked by ghosts; ghostly
   • Brave Truman trekked'n'climbed for three solid days an' had varyin' adventurin's what I ain't time to tell you now, but he s'vived 'em all till he was up that feary'n'ghostsome summit in the clouds what you can see from anywhere on Big I an' so high up he cudn't see the world b'low. 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN:
   • Mr Joseph walked in the forest to its deep without hesitation, until he passed a certain four way crossroad called Tshipukumanyunyu which means “Ghostsome”. 2015, Mulaudzi Ndifelani Eric, "Through":
   • Said Wezel, that is a brilliant idea and the same time to[o] ghostsome but I love the way you keep your mind at work said his master. 2009, Taku Celestin Julius, Infiltrator:

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Relateds

ghastsome · hauntsome