apparitional

English

Etymology

apparition +‎ -al

Adjective

apparitional (comparative more apparitional, superlative most apparitional)

(religion, forteana) Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions
Synonyms: ghostly, immaterial, spectral
- 1908, Henry James, "The Jolly Corner," ch. 2,
  People enough, first and last, had been in terror of apparitions, but who had ever before so turned the tables and become himself, in the apparitional world, an incalculable terror?

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:ghostly

Translations

of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions

Portuguese: aparicional

Further reading

apparitional in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
“apparitional” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
apparitional at OneLook Dictionary Search

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