phantasm : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: phantasm	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for phantasm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
phantasm n a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" Synonym(s): apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" Synonym(s): apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W. Raleigh. 2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion. --Cudworth. Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in you no phantasm or expectation. --Jer. Taylor.