About The Word Wraith
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Wraith
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What's The Definition Of Wraith?
[n] a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Wraith: ghost | shade | specter | spectre | spook Related Terms | Find terms related to Wraith: See Also | apparition | phantom | shadow Wraith In Webster's Dictionary \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a
guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian,
akin to E. ward. See {Ward} a guard.]
1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen
before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a
specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her
wraith. --Sir W.
Scott.
O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson.
2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
the waters; -- called also {water wraith}. --M. G. Lewis.
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