phantasma
Americannoun
plural
phantasmataEtymology
Origin of phantasma
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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For an off-the-beaten-path art option, there’s Phantasma Gloria, one Echo Park man’s massive front-yard sculpture.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
When I hear Brown talk about play, it makes me think about Randy King Lawrence, the man behind Echo Park’s colorful and astounding Phantasma Gloria.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
If you’ve ever driven down Lemoyne Street in Echo Park, you may have passed the glimmering, colorful installation that Randlett King Lawrence calls Phantasma Gloria.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2022
Though Phantasma bids fair to be the season’s must-see cultural destination, the Phantom deplores “10 years of wasting my time in smoke and noise.”
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2010
What, Furor and Phantasma too, our old college fellows?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
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