fantasm

American

[fan-taz-uhm] / ˈfæn tæz əm /

noun

a less common variant of phantasm.

fantasm British

/ ˈfæntæzəm /

noun

an archaic spelling of phantasm

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Other Word Forms

fantasmal adjective
fantasmally adverb

Example Sentences

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The Provincetown Players started their season with a foggy fantasm called The Crime in the Whistler Room and critics sighed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Is what we call Duty no divine messenger and guide, but a false, earthly fantasm, made up of Desire and Fear?'

From Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications by Thornton, William Thomas

Jacqueline, young, was a dream; Jacqueline, old, was a fantasm.

From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot

"Then I was right in calling you a dreamer, for love itself is a fantasm inspired by hope or memory."

From With Edge Tools by Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)

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