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phantasmal

American  
[fan-taz-muhl] / fænˈtæz məl /
Also phantasmic,

adjective

  1. pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral.

    phantasmal creatures of nightmare.

Other Word Forms

  • phantasmality noun
  • phantasmally adverb
  • phantasmatically adverb
  • phantasmically adverb

Etymology

Origin of phantasmal

First recorded in 1805–15; phantasm + -al 1

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