empuse

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/ɛmˈpjuːz/

noun

A phantom; ghost; spectre.

OriginLatin empusa →
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Meanings

nounempuse (plural empuses)

plural empuses

  1. obsoleteA phantom; ghost; spectre.

    But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead

    1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinempusa
  2. Englishempuse

Latin empusa, from Ancient Greek.

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APA

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MLA

“empuse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empuse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “empuse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/empuse.

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