3. Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images. "This mental
phantasmagoria." Sir W. Scott.
Phan*tas`ma*go"ri*al (?), a. Of, relating to, or resembling
phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.
Phan*tas`ma*gor"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria;
phantasmagorial. Hawthorne.
Phan*tas"ma*go*ry (?), n. See Phantasmagoria.
Phan*tas"mal (?), a. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a
phantasm; spectral; illusive.
Phan*tas"ma*scope (?), n. See Phantascope.
Phan`tas*mat"ic*al (?), a. [L. phantasmaticus.] Phantasmal. Dr. H.
More.
Phan*tas`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, phantasm + -graphy.] A
description of celestial phenomena, as rainbows, etc.
{ Phan*tas"tic (?), Phan*tas"tic*al (?), } a. See Fantastic.
Phan"ta*sy (?), n. See Fantasy, and Fancy.
Phan"tom (?), n. [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fantÙme, fr. L.
phantasma, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to show. See Fancy, and cf. PhaÎton,
Phantasm, Phase.] That which has only an apparent existence; an
apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal
image.
Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise.
Pope.
She was a phantom of delight.
Wordsworth.
Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. -- Phantom tumor
(Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm,
accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance,
but disappearing upon the administration of an anÊsthetic.
Phan`tom*at"ic, a. Phantasmal. [R.] Coleridge.
Pha"raoh (?), n. [Heb. parh; of Egyptian origin: cf. L. pharao, Gr.
&?;. Cf. Faro.] 1. A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt
were designated.