phantasma

[ fan-taz-muh ]

/ fænˈtæz mə /

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1590–1600

Phantasma enim est sentiendi actus; neque differt a sensione, aliter quam fieri differt a factum esse.
Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3)|Thomas Brown
The idea or phantasma, as he terms it, is the very perception or actus sentiendi.
Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3)|Thomas Brown
Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream.
Familiar Quotations|Various
Between the acting of a dreadful thing / And 60 the first motion, all the interim is / Like a phantasma or a hideous dream.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

Her ancient civility is gone, and her glory hath vanished as a phantasma.
Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6|Various