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单词 spiritish
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spiritishadj.

Forms: see spirit n. and -ish suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: spirit n., -ish suffix1.
Etymology: < spirit n. + -ish suffix1. Compare earlier spiritual adj.
Obsolete. rare.
1. Resembling or characteristic of a supernatural spirit; esp. evil, impish, or mischievous.
ΚΠ
1572 J. Leslie Table out of Treat. Treasons sig. *7v Shameles, vile,..craftie, cunning,..wicked and spiritishe lies.
1836 A. Marsh Love & Duty in Tales Woods & Fields xiii. 212 A little, short, spiritish form.
1867 J. P. Kennedy Jrnl. 11 June in At Home & Abroad (1872) iii. 331 When the young lady came with her bouquet to this terrible man, it seemed to me the most spiritish prank..that a mischievous fairy could attempt.
2. Of, relating to, or concerned with spirits or the spirit.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [adjective] > concerned with spirits
spiritish1588
spiritual1778
1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 32 Which neither..cosening oraclers could euer insinuate:..or the superstitious inuocations of spiritish exorcistes discouer.
1593 W. Rainolds Treat. Holy Sacrifice & Sacrament viii. 204 We can not take and eate..Christs passion and death..but after a mere spiritual or rather spiritish maner.
1873 W. W. English in Jrnl. Trans. Victoria Instit. 6 181 Of this latter life, we possess as yet only the spiritish moiety: the body proper to this heavenly nature we wait for.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020).
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