spectrelike

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English

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Etymology

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From spectre +‎ -like.

Adjective

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spectrelike (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of specterlike
    • 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 37:
      Its first impact sent me staggering into the house, carried away the roof as well as the frond sides, and tore the mosquito-net from its fastenings, to whirl it, spectrelike, across the lagoon.

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