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English
Etymology 1
Variation of gast, from Middle English gasten, from Old English gāstan (“to meditate”) and gǣstan (“to gast, frighten, afflict, torment”). More at gast. Spelling influenced by ghost.
Verb
ghast (third-person singular simple present ghasts, present participle ghasting, simple past and past participle ghasted)
- Alternative form of gast
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Etymology 2
Poetic abbreviation of ghastly. Use as a noun influenced by ghost.
Adjective
ghast (comparative more ghast, superlative most ghast)
- Having a ghastly appearance; weird.
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Noun
ghast (plural ghasts)
- (fantasy) An evil spirit or monster; a ghoul.
2000, Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass:The cliff-ghast wrenched off the fox's head, and fought his brothers for the entrails.
2007, Ian Irvine, Runcible Jones & the Buried City:The most powerful of all undead creatures, ghasts feed on ghosts, dead souls and, most especially, live ones. They want to take over Iltior and set up a ghast empire.
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