'Fantasm' definitions:
Definition of 'fantasm'
(from WordNet)
noun
A ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre]
noun
Something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight" [syn: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, shadow]
Definition of 'Fantasm'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'fantasm'
From: GCIDE
- 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]