spectred

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adjective

ghostly

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Meanings

adjectivespectred (comparative more spectred, superlative most spectred)

comparative more spectred · superlative most spectred

  1. ghostly

    And the picture's tints grew deeper, Redder, blacker, as I gazed, And my weak knees smote together, And my eyes grew dim and glazed, At the vision's spectred horrors From the graves of vengeance raised.

    1864, Various, The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864

Origin

From spectre + -ed.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sceptred
Cite this entry
APA

spectred. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spectred

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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