PHANTASM


Meaning of PHANTASM in English

/ ˈfæntæzəm; NAmE / noun

( formal ) a thing seen in the imagination

SYN illusion

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WORD 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 cent. was influenced by the Latin spelling.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.