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spec·ter 
[spek-ter] Pronunciation Key
[spek-ter] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a visible incorporeal spirit, esp. one of a terrifying nature; ghost; phantom; apparition. |
| 2. | some object or source of terror or dread: the specter of disease or famine. |
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| spec·ter
(spěk'tər) Pronunciation Key
n.
[French spectre, from Latin spectrum, appearance, apparition; see spectrum.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
specter
specter
1605, from Fr. spectre "an image, figure, ghost" (16c.), from L. spectrum "appearance, vision, apparition" (see spectrum). Spectral is attested from 1815 in the sense of "ghostly" (first recorded in Shelley); 1832 in sense of "of or pertaining to a spectrum."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| specter | |
noun | |
| 1. | a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" [syn: ghost] |
| 2. | a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Specter
Spec"ter\, Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. [F. spectre, fr. L. spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look. See Spy, and cf. Spectrum.]1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden. 2. (Zo["o]l.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. Specter bat (Zo["o]l.), any phyllostome bat. Specter candle (Zo["o]l.), a belemnite. Specter shrimp (Zo["o]l.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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