n.
Pronunciation: ' g ō st
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English g ā st; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit he ḍ a anger
Date: before 12th century
1 : the seat of life or intelligence : SOUL <give up the ghost >
2 : a disembodied soul especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
3 : SPIRIT , DEMON
4 a : a faint shadowy trace <a ghost of a smile> b : the least bit <not a ghost of a chance>
5 : a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection
6 : one who ghostwrites
7 : a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin
– ghost · like \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective
– ghosty \ ' g ō -st ē \ adjective