poltergeistic
English
Etymology
poltergeist + -ic
Adjective
poltergeistic (comparative more poltergeistic, superlative most poltergeistic)
- Of, pertaining to, or resembling a poltergeist, poltergeists, or poltergeistism.
- 1953, Anthony Flew, A New Approach to Psychical Research, p. 28:
- To avoid commitment to any theory it might be better, though awkward, to speak of poltergeistic disturbances or poltergeistic outbreaks. These are sporadic, starting suddenly and unexpectedly and ending just as suddenly.
- 1963, W. F. Jackson Knight, Folklore, vol. 74, no. 1, p. 302:
- In the same disused church there had also been ‘poltergeistic’ phenomena. It was discovered that they were due to the presence of ‘elemental’, sub-human, spirits.
- 2006, Brad Steiger, Revelation: The Divine Fire, →ISBN, p. 195:
- But then the apartment began to be visited by poltergeistic manifestations. They would awaken in the morning to find bookcases turned over, furniture strewn about, the entire living room in a mess.
- 1953, Anthony Flew, A New Approach to Psychical Research, p. 28:
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
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