specter
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| —n | |
| 1. | a ghost; phantom; apparition |
| 2. | a mental image of something unpleasant or menacing: the spectre of redundancy |
| [C17: from Latin spectrum, from specere to look at] | |
| specter or (US) specter | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Latin spectrum, from specere to look at] | |
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Specter
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
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."
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Example sentences
If there is a nefarious necessity in this whole debate, it is perhaps the specter of regulation.
As astronomers learned more about celestial objects, the specter of supernatural influence naturally began to fade.
He's not the only specter from a dearly departed show.
Vision is a sense that detects radiation in the visible specter.
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