Definitions

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  • noun Ghost, apparition.
  • noun Spirit (of a group, age, era, etc).

Etymologies

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From German Geist ("spirit, ghost, mind"). More at ghost.

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Examples

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] MBack 2010

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] MBack 2010

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • I've come across the same thing as Addison, that ghost is misconstrued as spectre or phantasm, rather than spirit (interestingly, they're the same word in German, geist, from which I imagine we get the wording).

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

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  • spirit-mind

    December 2, 2010