spectred

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English

Etymology

spectre +‎ -ed

Adjective

spectred (comparative more spectred, superlative most spectred)

  1. ghostly
    • (Can we date this quote?), Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864[1]:
      And the picture's tints grew deeper, Redder, blacker, as I gazed, And my weak knees smote together, And my eyes grew dim and glazed, At the vision's spectred horrors From the graves of vengeance raised.

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