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ghosten¹

Where it comes from

From ghost + -en (“resembling”).

adjective more ghosten · most ghosten

  1. poetic Of, belonging to, or pertaining to ghosts; ghostly; spiritual. And the cold chill of an adder touch Sit with a leaden sway. And the ghosten spell-bound dogs, And the coasten hell-hound dogs, Glooms the coming of the day.

ghosten²

Where it comes from

From ghost + -en (“to become like”).

verb ghostens · ghostening · ghostened

  1. ambitransitive, nonstandard, poetic To make like a ghost; behave or appear as a ghost; make ghostly. So looks the last month's pilgrimage, So the last hill, Down the moon-ghostened road there walks.

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@misc{ghosten_2026,
  title = {ghosten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ghosten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}