specter
spec·ter
noun
1.
a mental representation of some haunting experience
- “he looked like he had seen a ghost”
- “it aroused specters from his past”
Origin
From Middle French spectre, from Latin spectrum (“appearance, apparition”). Doublet of spectrum.
Phrases
- Brocken specter
- Macleay's spectre
- mountain specter
- raise the specter
- specter at the feast
- specter bat
- specter candle
- specter of the Brocken
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