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fantasm

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fantasm [ˈfæntæzəm]
n
an archaic spelling of phantasm
fantasmal , fantasmic adj
fantasmally , fantasmically adv
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Noun1.fantasm - a ghostly appearing figurefantasm - a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
apparition, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, spectre, specter
disembodied spirit, spirit - any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Flying Dutchman - the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day
2.fantasm - something existing in perception onlyfantasm - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition
flying saucer, UFO, unidentified flying object - an (apparently) flying object whose nature is unknown; especially those considered to have extraterrestrial origins
Flying Dutchman - a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope
ghost, specter, wraith, spectre, spook, shade - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
illusion, semblance - an erroneous mental representation
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So strange thy outcry, and thy words so strange Thou interposest, that my sudden hand Prevented spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it intends; till first I know of thee, What thing thou art, thus double-form'd, and why In this infernal Vaile first met thou call'st Me Father, and that Fantasm call'st my Son?
Paradise Lost by Milton, John View in context
 
 
 
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