Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghostish

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ghostish
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

ghostly; spectral

Example Sentences

"It's rather ghostish to have the road suddenly smudged out, and all the world anywhere, nowhere for you to go."

Etymology

From ghost + -ish.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ghost

Inflected Forms

more ghostish (comparative) most ghostish (superlative)

Questions

What does ghostish mean?: ghostly; spectral
Where does ghostish come from?: From ghost + -ish.

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