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Word of the Day – Phantasmagoria

By November 5, 2023Word of the Day

Phantasmagoria (noun)

fan-taz-mag-or-ee-a

a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.

Phantasmagoria was first recorded in 1795–1805 and comes from the French word fantasmagorie, a compound word based on fantasme, “phantasm.”

Example sentences

“She lay enjoying all the phantasmagoria the hallucinogen provided.”

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