Phantasmagoria Definition
făn-tăzmə-gôrē-ə
phantasmagorias, phantasmagories
noun
An early type of magic-lantern show consisting of various optical illusions in which objects rapidly change size, blend into one another, etc.
Webster's New World
A rapidly changing series of things seen or imagined, as the figures or events of a dream.
Webster's New World
Any rapidly changing scene.
Webster's New World
Fantastic imagery as represented in art.
American Heritage
A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed; a magic lantern.
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phantasmagoria
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phantasmagoriasOrigin of Phantasmagoria
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Alteration of obsolete French phantasmagorie art of creating supernatural illusions perhaps fantasme illusion (from Old French phantasm) allégorie allegory, allegorical visual representation (from Old French allegory) (from Latin allēgoria allegory)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phantasma, “ghost") + αγορευειν (agoreuein, “to speak publicly")
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