ghostlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡəʊs(t)ləs/, U.S.

/ˈɡoʊs(t)ləs/

Forms: see ghost n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < ghost n. + -less suffix. With sense 1 compare Middle Low German geistlōs , gēstlōs without spirit, secular, Middle High German geistelōs without spirit (German geistlos ; now usually in sense ‘without wit or intelligence’); in the early modern period (during the Reformation) both were also used specifically with reference to a perceived lack of religious spirituality, especially in the clergy and rites of the Roman Catholic Church (16th cent.; compare quot. a1603).

1. Having no soul, spirit, or animating principle; dead, inert. Often in extended use (esp. in the 17th cent.), typically designating something viewed as lacking spirituality or merely secular.With quot. 2014 cf. ghost in the machine at ghost n. and adj. Phrases 2f.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial

thin?c1225

lighta1413

superficiala1425

sleevelessc1450

frivolous1549

frothy1593

windy1593

shallow1594

airy1600

ghostlessa1603

sleazy1648

tenuious1656

wishy-washy1693

gauzy1774

lathery1803

wish-washy1814

tenuousa1817

toy1821

flimsy1827

airy-fairy1857

facile1857

feeblish1882

popcorn1973

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]

worldlyOE

dryc1175

fleshlyc1175

of the world?c1225

secularc1290

timely1340

of hencec1384

uttermore1395

worldisha1400

profane1474

humanc1475

mundanec1475

mundial1499

carnal?1510

seculary1520

unghostly1526

worldly-minded1528

sensual1529

earthly-minded1535

civil1536

subcelestial1561

worldly-witted1563

secular-minded1597

ghostlessa1603

lay1609

mundal1614

non-ecclesiastical1630

unspiritual1643

wilderness1651

worldly-handed1657

outward1674

timesome1674

apsychical1678

secularized1683

hylastic1684

choical1708

Sadducee1746

gay1798

unspiritualized1816

secularizing1825

unreligious1832

secularistic1862

apneumatic1864

Sadduceeic1875

this-worldly1883

this world1889

OE Cynewulf Elene 874 Þa þær menigo cwom, folc unlytel, ond gefærenne man brohton on bære,..gingne gastleasne.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 219 A Ghostly Father is hard to finde amongst you, where Priests can for the most part do nothing but giue the visited a little ghostlesse oyle.

a1634 R. Clerke Serm. (1637) 473 Workes are the breath of Faith..they are the pulse of Faith..If you feele them not, the Faith is ghostlesse.

1680 H. Marten in A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (1692) II. 495 Earth, aire, or water gripes my ghostless dust.

1817 Monthly Mag. Jan. 529/2 Oh, Jonathan! Jonathan! ghostless art thou, There's gore on thy visage, and dust on thy brow.

1917 J. Masefield Lollingdon Downs 63 The skeleton of a religion lost, The ghostless bones of what had been divine.

2014 R. J. Williams Buddha in Machine vi. 149 Descartes, one is reminded, thought of the parrot as something like a ghostless machine.

2. Of a place: not haunted by ghosts.

ΚΠ

1887 Proc. Amer. Soc. Psychical Res. 1 No. 3. 220 I think I should prefer to live in the ghostless house unless the other tenants were unusually quiet. My wife says, however, that she has always wanted to live in a haunted house.

1991 B. Morrow Almanac Branch 80 In summer 1964, Scrub Farm was a ghostless place. But now that had changed.

2010 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 25 Sept. (Weekend) 3 I fantasized about an alternate trip, with scones and clotted cream, picture-gazing and heated ghostless accommodation.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ghostless
释义	ghostlessadj. Brit. /ˈɡəʊs(t)ləs/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊs(t)ləs/ Forms: see ghost n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ghost n., -less suffix. Etymology: < ghost n. + -less suffix. With sense 1 compare Middle Low German geistlōs , gēstlōs without spirit, secular, Middle High German geistelōs without spirit (German geistlos ; now usually in sense ‘without wit or intelligence’); in the early modern period (during the Reformation) both were also used specifically with reference to a perceived lack of religious spirituality, especially in the clergy and rites of the Roman Catholic Church (16th cent.; compare quot. a1603). 1. Having no soul, spirit, or animating principle; dead, inert. Often in extended use (esp. in the 17th cent.), typically designating something viewed as lacking spirituality or merely secular.With quot. 2014 cf. ghost in the machine at ghost n. and adj. Phrases 2f. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial thin?c1225 lighta1413 superficiala1425 sleevelessc1450 frivolous1549 frothy1593 windy1593 shallow1594 airy1600 ghostlessa1603 sleazy1648 tenuious1656 wishy-washy1693 gauzy1774 lathery1803 wish-washy1814 tenuousa1817 toy1821 flimsy1827 airy-fairy1857 facile1857 feeblish1882 popcorn1973 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective] worldlyOE dryc1175 fleshlyc1175 of the world?c1225 secularc1290 timely1340 of hencec1384 uttermore1395 worldisha1400 profane1474 humanc1475 mundanec1475 mundial1499 carnal?1510 seculary1520 unghostly1526 worldly-minded1528 sensual1529 earthly-minded1535 civil1536 subcelestial1561 worldly-witted1563 secular-minded1597 ghostlessa1603 lay1609 mundal1614 non-ecclesiastical1630 unspiritual1643 wilderness1651 worldly-handed1657 outward1674 timesome1674 apsychical1678 secularized1683 hylastic1684 choical1708 Sadducee1746 gay1798 unspiritualized1816 secularizing1825 unreligious1832 secularistic1862 apneumatic1864 Sadduceeic1875 this-worldly1883 this world1889 OE Cynewulf Elene 874 Þa þær menigo cwom, folc unlytel, ond gefærenne man brohton on bære,..gingne gastleasne. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 219 A Ghostly Father is hard to finde amongst you, where Priests can for the most part do nothing but giue the visited a little ghostlesse oyle. a1634 R. Clerke Serm. (1637) 473 Workes are the breath of Faith..they are the pulse of Faith..If you feele them not, the Faith is ghostlesse. 1680 H. Marten in A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses (1692) II. 495 Earth, aire, or water gripes my ghostless dust. 1817 Monthly Mag. Jan. 529/2 Oh, Jonathan! Jonathan! ghostless art thou, There's gore on thy visage, and dust on thy brow. 1917 J. Masefield Lollingdon Downs 63 The skeleton of a religion lost, The ghostless bones of what had been divine. 2014 R. J. Williams Buddha in Machine vi. 149 Descartes, one is reminded, thought of the parrot as something like a ghostless machine. 2. Of a place: not haunted by ghosts. ΚΠ 1887 Proc. Amer. Soc. Psychical Res. 1 No. 3. 220 I think I should prefer to live in the ghostless house unless the other tenants were unusually quiet. My wife says, however, that she has always wanted to live in a haunted house. 1991 B. Morrow Almanac Branch 80 In summer 1964, Scrub Farm was a ghostless place. But now that had changed. 2010 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 25 Sept. (Weekend) 3 I fantasized about an alternate trip, with scones and clotted cream, picture-gazing and heated ghostless accommodation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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