ghostsome
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ghostsome (comparative more ghostsome, superlative most ghostsome)
- Marked by ghosts; ghostly
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:
- Brave Truman trekked'n'climbed for three solid days an' had varyin' adventurin's what I ain't time to tell you now, but he s'vived 'em all till he was up that feary'n'ghostsome summit in the clouds what you can see from anywhere on Big I an' so high up he cudn't see the world b'low.
- 2009, Taku Celestin Julius, Infiltrator:
- Said Wezel, that is a brilliant idea and the same time to[o] ghostsome but I love the way you keep your mind at work said his master.
- 2015, Mulaudzi Ndifelani Eric, "Through":
- Mr Joseph walked in the forest to its deep without hesitation, until he passed a certain four way crossroad called Tshipukumanyunyu which means “Ghostsome”.