phantasmal
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phantasmal
- /fænˈtæzml̩/ UK
- /fænˈtæzməl/ US
Where it comes from
From phantasm or phantasma (“phantasm”) + -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).
adjective more phantasmal · most phantasmal · fantasmal
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Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“something seen but having no physical reality”); imaginary, unreal.
The matter of which dreams are made / Not more endowed with actual life / Than this phantasmal portraiture / Of wandering human thought.
Similar: phantasmatic, phantasmatical, phantasmic, phantasmical, phantomatic
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Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom (“apparition or ghost”); ghostly, spectral.
Similar: phantasmatic, phantasmatical, phantasmic, phantasmical, phantomatic, apparitional, ghastly, ghostish, ghostlike, ghostly, phantomic, phantomlike
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Of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantasm (“perception or vision of a living or dead person who is not physically present, often through telepathy”).
Similar: phantasmatic, phantasmatical, phantasmic, phantasmical, phantomatic
Translations
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adj of or pertaining to, or having the characteristics of, a phantom — see also ghostly, spectral
| Español | fantasmal |
|---|---|
| Français | fantasmatique |
| Italiano | fantasmatico |
| Română | fantasmatic |
| Русский | при́зрачный prízračnyj |
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