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poltergeisty en · ADJ

Etymology

From poltergeist + -y.

Meanings

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a poltergeist.
   • I do my little poltergeisty numbers. I stack and restack my textbooks without leaving my bed. I move my shirt from the floor to the back of the chair. 1972, Thomas N. Scortia, Strange bedfellows: sex and science fiction:
   • At another time, in another place, this might have been dismissed as hysteria, nonsense, fraud, self-delusion, or just poltergeisty adolescent hormonal surges. 2008, Malcolm Antony Nelson, 20 West: the great road across America, page 32:
   • He should be moving the covered furniture, or knocking down dusty paintings, jostling the ragged rug or rapping on stained walls — all of the usual poltergeisty endeavors[…] 1999, Alice Alfonsi, Eternal Sea:

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