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wraithlike

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wraith

  [reyth]
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–noun
1. an apparition of a living person supposed to portend his or her death.
2. a visible spirit.
Origin:
1505–15; originally Scots; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
wraithlike, adjective
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Word Origin & History

wraith 
1513, "ghost," Scottish, of uncertain origin. Weekley suggests O.N. vorðr "guardian" in the sense of "guardian angel." Klein points to Gael., Ir. arrach "specter, apparition."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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