Wraith Definition

rāth
wraiths
noun
wraiths
A ghost.
Webster's New World
The spectral figure of a person supposedly seen as a premonition just before that person's death.
Webster's New World
Something faint or insubstantial.
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Noun

Singular:
wraith
Plural:
wraiths

Origin of Wraith

  • The first attestation dates to 1513, in the Middle Scots translation alone of Aeneid: "Nor áµ¹it na vayn wrathys nor gaiftis quent Thi char conftrenyt bakwart forto went," "Syklyke as that, thai fay, in diuers placis The wraithis walkis of goiftis that ar ded," "Thydder went this wrath or fchaddo of Ene, That femyt, all abafyt, faft to fle,".

    From Wiktionary

  • The word has no certain etymology. J. R. R. Tolkien favored a link with writhe. Also compared are Scottish Gaelic warth and Old Norse vörðr (“watcher, guardian"), whence Icelandic vörður (“guard"). See wray/wreien and bewray; therefore "fama..figuras" becomes "wraithis".

    From Wiktionary

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wraith Sentence Examples

  • They are regarded as a death omen and should a person see a wraith of themselves then their days are surely numbered.

  • Now, as I dare to say I was deceived, I face each night my father's vengeful wraith.

  • And leap by leap, like some pale frost wraith, the snowshoe rabbit flashed on ahead.

  • Now, as I dare to say I was deceived, I face each night my father 's vengeful wraith.

  • The Wraith were practically immortal, dying only if they were killed by force or starved to death.

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WWRWRA

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