Word of the Day – Phantasmagoria

Phantasmagoria (noun)

fant-az-mu-gor-e-a

A sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream.

Originally the name of a London exhibition (1802) of optical illusions produced chiefly by magic lantern: probably from French fantasmagorie.

Example sentences

“The whole evening was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery.”

“Mere words could never capture the phantasmagoria of our dreamscape.”