poltergeistic

English

Etymology

poltergeist +‎ -ic

Adjective

poltergeistic (comparative more poltergeistic, superlative most poltergeistic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a poltergeist, poltergeists, or poltergeistism.
   • 1953, Anthony Flew, A New Approach to Psychical Research, page 28:

     To avoid commitment to any theory it might be better, though awkward, to speak of poltergeistic disturbances or poltergeistic outbreaks. These are sporadic, starting suddenly and unexpectedly and ending just as suddenly.

   • 1963, W. F. Jackson Knight, Folklore, volume 74, number 1, page 302:

     In the same disused church there had also been ‘poltergeistic’ phenomena. It was discovered that they were due to the presence of ‘elemental’, sub-human, spirits.

   • 2006, Brad Steiger, Revelation: The Divine Fire, →ISBN, page 195:

     But then the apartment began to be visited by poltergeistic manifestations. They would awaken in the morning to find bookcases turned over, furniture strewn about, the entire living room in a mess.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.