spectrousadj.
/ˈspɛktrəs/ Spectral.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective]
fantastic1483
fantasticalc1485
spectrical1609
sprightlya1616
spectrene1652
spectrous1652
shadowy1681
visionary1697
ghostly1753
faerie1767
spectry1796
spectral1816
spectrish1822
apparitional1824
phantasiastic1830
spooky1854
astral1877
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 215 We see that men are really affected, and terrified, even from spectrous and ludibrious phantasmes.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 298 [He] was haunted mightily with a spectrous apparition of a beautiful woman.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. ii. 61 They could have been nothing else but a certain kind of Aerial and Spectrous Men.
1809 W. Blake Descr. Catal. 22 The Plowman of Chaucer is Hercules in his supreme eternal state, divested of his spectrous shadow.
1868 A. C. Swinburne W. Blake 282 These, with all their flock of emanations and spectrous or vegetating shadows, let us leave to the discretion of Los.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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