spectrology

[ spek-trol-uh-jee ]

noun

1. the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.

Other Words From

• spec·tro·log·i·cal [spek-tr, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], adjective
• spectro·logi·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of spectrology¹

1810–20; < Latin spectr ( um ) specter + -o- + -logy

Example Sentences

Spectrology informs us that the chemical elements of matter are everywhere the same; and in a boundless universe where such unity is manifested there must be conditions similar to those which support life here.

From Project Gutenberg

If rat -dynamite and rough on June-bugs were possible, why was it not likely that some as yet unknown person had turned his attention to spectrology, and evolved something in the nature of rough on ghosts, spectremelinite, or something else of an effective nature, I asked myself.

From Project Gutenberg

The gloom of religious abstraction and the wildness of their situation among trackless forests and savage tribes had disposed the colonists to superstitious fancies, and had filled their imaginations with the frightful chimeras of witchcraft and spectrology.

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