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Word: Phantasm
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
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
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfantaz(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an illusion, apparition, or ghost
Short Definition:illusion or ghost
Examples:- the cart seemed to glide like a terrible phantasm
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