- fantasm
- Phantasm Phan"tasm, n. [L. phantasma. See {Phantom}, and cf.
{Fantasm}.] [Spelt also {fantasm}.]
1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or
material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an
optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.
[1913 Webster]
They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
