wraithy

adj

wraithy

adj

Etymology From wraith + -y.

1

Resembling or characteristic of a wraith.

  • She was a white, thin, wraithy sort of being, with no stiffening in her spine and no real sense in her head. She couldn't be Varina Howell. Varina was not afraid of swamps.1948, Shirley Seifert, The Proud Way, page 306:

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