English
Etymology
From Scottish warth, probably originally a guardian angel from Old Norse vörðr, watcher, guardian.
Pronunciation
/r�th/
[ɹeɪθ]
:Rhymes:English:-eɪθ|Rhymes: -eɪθ
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Noun
en-noun
- A ghost or specter, especially seen just after a person's death.
Quotations
Like wraiths with the impediments of bodies they stumbled in the direction of Salthill faces. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by w:Joyce Carol Oates|Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 80)
Derived terms
wraithish
wraithful
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