phantasmal

phantasmal
phantasmal 1813, from PHANTASM (Cf. phantasm) + -AL (Cf. -al) (1).

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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 — 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 see phantasm …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 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

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