gostly

Middle English

Alternative forms

goostly, goostli, gostli, gostlich, gostliche, gosteli, gosteliche, gostili, goistli, gosslich, gastli, gastlike

Etymology

From Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”).

Adjective

gostly

Belonging to or consisting of spirit, not matter; spiritual.

Descendants

English: ghostly; ghastly (by conflation)

References

“gōstlī (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

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