ghostsome

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Etymology[edit]

From ghost +‎ -some.

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ghostsome (comparative more ghostsome, superlative most ghostsome)

  1. Marked by ghosts; ghostly
    • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
      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.
    • 2009, Taku Celestin Julius, Infiltrator:
      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.
    • 2015, Mulaudzi Ndifelani Eric, "Through":
      Mr Joseph walked in the forest to its deep without hesitation, until he passed a certain four way crossroad called Tshipukumanyunyu which means “Ghostsome”.

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