Meanings
plural spookists
- informalA spiritualist or medium.
The foolish, credulous dupes never for a moment consider the utter incongruousness of the association of their beloved dead or missing with these professional 'spookists.'
2011, Stuart C. Cumberland, That Other World, page 181 more example
My father had a horror of girls' schools (and if he could “get through”—to use the orthodox expression of the spookists—he would find all his opinions on this subject more than justified by the manners, morals and learning of the young ladies of the present day) […]
(Can we date this quote?), Margot Asquith, An Autobiography
Origin
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spookist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spookist
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