- phantasmal
- adjective see phantasm
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
phantasmal
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Phantasmal — Phan*tas mal, a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
phantasmal — index delusive, illusory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
phantasmal — 1813, from PHANTASM (Cf. phantasm) + AL (Cf. al) (1) … Etymology dictionary
phantasmal — phantasmality, n. phantasmally, phantasmically, phantasmatically, adv. /fan taz meuhl/, adj. pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare. Also, phantasmic, phantasmical, phantasmatic … Universalium
phantasmal — phantasm ► NOUN literary ▪ an illusion or apparition. DERIVATIVES phantasmal adjective. ORIGIN Greek phantasma, from phantazein make visible … English terms dictionary
phantasmal — adjective resembling or characteristic of a phantom a ghostly face at the window a phantasmal presence in the room spectral emanations spiritual tappings at a seance • Syn: ↑apparitional, ↑ghostlike, ↑ghostly, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Phantasmal poison frog — Taxobox | name = Phantasmal poison frog status = EN | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Dendrobatidae genus = Epipedobates species = E. tricolor binomial =… … Wikipedia
phantasmal — adjective a) Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms. b) Eerie or frightening. See Also: phantasm, phantasmagoria, phantom, phantasy … Wiktionary
phantasmal — Synonyms and related words: Barmecidal, Barmecide, aerial, air built, airy, apparent, apparitional, astral, autistic, chimeric, cloud born, cloud built, cloud woven, deceptive, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory, dereistic, dreamlike,… … Moby Thesaurus
phantasmal — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fancied, fanciful, unreal; see imaginary . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Of, relating to, or in the nature of an illusion; lacking reality: chimeric, chimerical, delusive, delusory, dreamlike, hallucinatory,… … English dictionary for students
