Empuse

//ɛmˈpjuːz// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A phantom; ghost; spectre. obsolete

    "But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead"

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"But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead"

Etymology

Latin empusa, from Ancient Greek.

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