wraith
wraith
(reɪθ
) noun
1 the apparition of a person living or thought to be alive, supposed to appear around the time of his death
2 a ghost or any apparition
3 an insubstantial copy of something
4 something pale, thin, and lacking in substance, such as a column of smoke
[C16: Scottish, of unknown origin]
> ˈwraithˌlike
adjective
