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German
Etymology
Gespenst + -isch
Pronunciation
Adjective
gespenstisch (strong nominative masculine singular gespenstischer, comparative gespenstischer, superlative am gespenstischsten)
- ghastly, spooky, ghostly
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das Torfgespenst, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 17:
An den Torfstichen ist es zu manchen Zeiten gar nicht ganz geheuer. In dunklen Nächten huschen hier gespenstische bläuliche Lichter hin und her, die schon manchen Wanderer erschreckt und irregeführt haben.- At the peat banks it is uncanny at some times. Here, in dark nights, ghostly bluish lights scurry to and fro, who already scared and misguided many a walker.
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