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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Wraith \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a
guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian,
akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard.]
[1913 Webster]
1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen
before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a
specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
[1913 Webster]
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her
wraith. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]
O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
the waters; -- called also water wraith. --M. G. Lewis.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Wraith \Wraith\, n. [Scot. wraith, warth; probably originally, a
guardian angel, from Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, guardian,
akin to E. ward. See Ward a guard.]
1. An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen
before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a
specter; a vision; an unreal image. [Scot.]
She was uncertain if it were the gypsy or her
wraith. --Sir W.
Scott.
O, hollow wraith of dying fame. --Tennyson.
2. Sometimes, improperly, a spirit thought to preside over
the waters; -- called also water wraith. --M. G. Lewis.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
wraith
n : a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he
looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters
from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, specter,
spectre]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wraith
n.
A ghost#Noun or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just
after their death.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
wraith
n.
A ghost#Noun or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just
after their death.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
wraith
n.
A ghost#Noun or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just
after their death.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
wraith
n.
A ghost#Noun or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just
after their death.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wraith
Englanti n.
henki, haamu (''erityisesti sellaisesta, joka ilmestyy heti jonkun
kuoleman jälkeen'')
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
wraith
Engelska n.
vålnad
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
الشّبح
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
wraith //ɹeɪθ//
привидение
A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
přízrak
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
zjevení
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
Geisterscheinung , Erscheinung
Note: eines Sterbenden/Verstorbenen
Synonym: fetch
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
wraith //ɹeɪθ//
haamu, henki
A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
1. प्रेतात्मा
"The travellers noticed a wraith like figure."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
avet, duh, priviđenje
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
1. szellem
2. alakmás
3. képmás
4. látomás
5. hasonmás
6. doppelgänger
7. kísértet
8. alteregó
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
wraith //ɹeɪθ//
幽霊
A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
wraith //ɹeɪθ//
vålnad
A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
wraith /ɹˈeɪθ/
1. rüyada veya hayalde görülünce sahibinin ölümüne işaret ettiği farz edilen hayalet, tayf.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
61 Moby Thesaurus words for "wraith":
Doppelganger, Masan, apparition, appearance, astral, astral spirit,
banshee, co-walker, control, departed spirit, disembodied spirit,
double, doubleganger, duppy, dybbuk, eidolon, etheric double,
fantasy, fetch, figure, form, ghost, grateful dead, guide, hant,
haunt, idolum, image, immateriality, incorporeal,
incorporeal being, incorporeity, larva, lemures, manes,
materialization, oni, phantasm, phantasma, phantasmagoria, phantom,
poltergeist, presence, revenant, shade, shadow, shape,
shrouded spirit, specter, spectral ghost, spirit, spook, sprite,
theophany, unsubstantiality, vision, waking dream,
walking dead man, wandering soul, wildest dream, zombie
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 生魂,死灵,幽灵;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 生魂,死灵,幽灵
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