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phantasm

Pronunciation: /ˈfantaz(ə)m/

Definition of phantasm

noun

literary
  • an illusion, apparition, or ghost:the cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm
  • archaic an illusory likeness of something:every phantasm of a hope was quickly nullified

Derivatives

phantasmal

Pronunciation: /-ˈtazm(ə)l/

adjective

phantasmic

Pronunciation: /-ˈtazmɪk/

adjective

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'deceptive appearance'): from Old French fantasme, via Latin from Greek phantasma, from phantazein 'make visible', from phainein 'to show'. The change from f- to ph- in the 16th century was influenced by the Latin spelling

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