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phantasmagoric

[ fan-taz-muh-gawr-ik, -gor- ]

adjective

  1. having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  2. having the appearance of an optical illusion, especially one produced by a magic lantern.
  3. changing or shifting, as a scene made up of many elements.


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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phantasmagoric1

First recorded in 1800–10; phantasmagor(ia) ( def ) + -ic ( def )
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Ali makes these sort of phantasmagoric horror films, in a way.

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That two-and-a-half-minute-long video — Bushnell’s digital suicide note — is horrifying, phantasmagoric, and familiar in equal measure.

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Set in the aftermath of the first movie, the sequel resumes the story boldly and quickly, delivering visions both phantasmagoric and familiar.

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The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.

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Mr. Cojocaru had grown up in Nucsoara, but only as he walked the hills and ancient pastures did he notice the trees: beeches, phantasmagorically gnarled giants, some as old as 500 years.

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