wraith
pronunciation
How to pronounce wraith in British English:
UK [reɪθ]
How to pronounce wraith in American English:
US [reθ]
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- Noun:
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
Word Origin
- wraith (n.)
- 1510s, "ghost," Scottish, of uncertain origin. Weekley and Century Dictionary suggest Old Norse vorðr "guardian" in the sense of "guardian angel." Klein points to Gaelic and Irish arrach "specter, apparition."
Example
- 1. You 're gonna help us destroy a wraith hive ship .
- 2. You beamed a baby into wraith storage ?
- 3. We have a wraith in the city .
- 4. That was no ordinary wraith .
- 5. The wraith have awakened from a long sleep .