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wraith

noun \ˈrāth\

: the spirit of a dead person

plural wraiths \ˈrāths also ˈrāthz\

Full Definition of WRAITH

a : the exact likeness of a living person seen usually just before death as an apparition

: an insubstantial form or semblance : shadow

: a barely visible gaseous or vaporous column

— wraith·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

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First Known Use: 1513

Synonyms: apparition, bogey (also bogie or bogy), familiar spirit, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, poltergeist, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, ghost

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