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phantasma|fænˈtæzmə|
Also 7 fantasma. Pl. -as, -ata (7 -aes).
[a. It. fantasma = L. phantasma, a. Gr. ϕάντασµα appearance, mere appearance, phantom, image, f. ϕαντάζ-ειν to make visible, present to (or as to) the eye, f. ϕαντ-ός visible, f. stem ϕαν- of ϕαίν-ειν to show, appear, bring or come to light. See also phantasm and phantom, which are forms of the same word through Fr.]
a. An illusion, vision, dream;
b. an apparition, a spectre: = phantasm 1 b and 2.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. ii. iii. Colonies 338 Round about the Desart Op, where oft By strange Phantasma's Passengers are scoft. 1599Marston Sco. Villanie In Lect. prorsus indignos, Shall this Fantasma, this Colosse peruse And blast with stinking breath my budding Muse? 1607― What you Will Introd., Wks. 1856 I. 221 Skru'd about With each slight touch of od phantasmatas. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 149 He shall see..strange phantasmaes. 1631J. Taylor (Water P.) Turn Fort. Wheel Pref., Dreames and phantasmas full of contradictions. 1765Goldsm. Ess. Misc. Wks. 1837 I. 227 All was a phantasma, and a hideous dream of incoherent absurdities. 1816Scott Antiq. x, At length these crude phantasmata arranged themselves into something more regular. 1849Robertson Serm. Ser. iv. ix. (1876) 78 These were all an illusion and a phantasma, a thing that appeared, but did not really exist. |