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Word of the Day – Phantasmagoria

By October 30, 2016Word of the Day

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.”

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