poltergeisty

poltergeisty

English

Etymology

poltergeist +‎ -y

Adjective

poltergeisty (comparative more poltergeisty, superlative most poltergeisty)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a poltergeist.
   • 1972, Thomas N. Scortia, Strange bedfellows: sex and science fiction

     I do my little poltergeisty numbers. I stack and restack my textbooks without leaving my bed. I move my shirt from the floor to the back of the chair.

   • 1999, Alice Alfonsi, Eternal Sea

     He should be moving the covered furniture, or knocking down dusty paintings, jostling the ragged rug or rapping on stained walls — all of the usual poltergeisty endeavors […]

   • 2008, Malcolm Antony Nelson, 20 West: the great road across America (page 32)

     At another time, in another place, this might have been dismissed as hysteria, nonsense, fraud, self-delusion, or just poltergeisty adolescent hormonal surges.