GHOST

I. noun Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger Date: before 12th century the seat of life or intelligence ; soul , a disembodied soul, spirit , demon , 4. a faint shadowy trace , the least bit , a false image in a photographic negative or on a television screen caused especially by reflection, one who ~writes, a red blood cell that has lost its hemoglobin, ~like adjective ~y adjective II. verb Date: 1606 transitive verb to haunt like a ~, ~write , intransitive verb 1. to move silently like a ~, to sail quietly in light winds, ~write