phantasmagoric

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phantasmagoric

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From phantasmagoria + -ic.

adjective more phantasmagoric · most phantasmagoric

  1. Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour. As early as 1965, however, Tom Wolfe sensed the importance of "electrographic architecture," the phantasmagoric billboards along 79.
  2. Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.

Similar: phantasmagorial, phantasmagorian, phantasmagorical

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adj characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements

Españolfantasmagórico
Françaisfantasmagorique
Italianofantasmagorico
Русскийфантасмагори́ческий fantasmagoríčeskij

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@misc{phantasmagoric_2026,
  title = {phantasmagoric},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phantasmagoric},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}