phantomishadj.

Brit.

/ˈfantəmɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈfæn(t)əmɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phantom n., -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: < phantom n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier phantomishly adv. Compare also earlier phantomical adj.

Resembling, or suggestive of, a phantom.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective] > resembling a ghost

ghost-like1573

spectred1791

ghostish1801

spectral1828

phantomish1832

wraith-like1865

ghosty1866

revenant1897

wraithly1909

1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 803/1 The time was late, the place was phantomish.

1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 150 There is a dim mail-coach with four phantomish horses driven by a portly gentleman.

1903 T. B. Aldrich Shaw's Folly in Writings (1907) 235 That laugh was all the more uncanny and phantomish for being unheard.

1989 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 16 Apr. (Sunday Mag.) 28 The way they spoke of [my father] with a combination of reverence and familiarity seemed strange, like they were talking about someone I didn't know and I began to see that he'd always been false and phantomish in our house.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phantomish
释义	phantomishadj. Brit. /ˈfantəmɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈfæn(t)əmɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: phantom n., -ish suffix¹. Etymology: < phantom n. + -ish suffix¹. Compare earlier phantomishly adv. Compare also earlier phantomical adj. Resembling, or suggestive of, a phantom. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective] > resembling a ghost ghost-like1573 spectred1791 ghostish1801 spectral1828 phantomish1832 wraith-like1865 ghosty1866 revenant1897 wraithly1909 1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 803/1 The time was late, the place was phantomish. 1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 150 There is a dim mail-coach with four phantomish horses driven by a portly gentleman. 1903 T. B. Aldrich Shaw's Folly in Writings (1907) 235 That laugh was all the more uncanny and phantomish for being unheard. 1989 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 16 Apr. (Sunday Mag.) 28 The way they spoke of [my father] with a combination of reverence and familiarity seemed strange, like they were talking about someone I didn't know and I began to see that he'd always been false and phantomish in our house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1832
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