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ecto-mist

noun

Etymology

From ecto- + mist.

  1. inherited from mistian
  2. inherited from misten
  3. inherited from *mihstaz✻
  4. inherited from mist
  5. inherited from mist
  6. formed as ecto-mist — “ecto- + mist”

Definitions

  1. A fog-like apparition associated with ghosts.

    • The hotel had revealed many interesting energy anomalies, orbs, and ecto-mists, but none as impressive as these apparitions.
    • The majority of graveyard ghost stories that involve voices being heard and ecto-mist or full apparitions being seen could very well be the work of a cemetery guardian.
    • There were no tipped-over bottles or clouds of ecto-mist swirling near the baseboards, nothing other than that weird, ominous moaning and the rattling of the walls that accompanied it.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA