brocken specter

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Definition of brocken specter in English English dictionary

{i} spirit, ghost, phantom; optical phenomenon that sometimes occurs at high when the image of an observer located between the sun and a cloud is displayed onto a cloud as an extremely enlarged shadow

A mountain specter (which see), esp

that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains

Hyphenation

Brock·en spec·ter