# wraith

Pronunciation: say "RAYTH" /ɹeɪθ/

## Noun

1. A ghost or specter, especially the image of a person seen just after their death.
   - Simple: A ghost, especially one that looks like a person who has just died.
   - _Her grandmother swore she saw her brother's wraith at the window on the night he drowned._
   - _Pale as wraiths, the survivors staggered out of the smoke._

## Origin

Borrowed from Middle Scots wraith, first recorded in 1513 in a translation of the Aeneid. Its origin is uncertain; it may be a transferred use of Middle Scots wraith or wrath, “anger; angry,” which would make it a doublet of wrath and wroth.

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