Phasm

//ˈfæzəm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An apparition; a phantom. obsolete

    "For heart is besides that from thence proceed many aerial fictions , and not from God, phasms, and chimeras , created by the vanity of our own hearts"

Example

More examples

"For heart is besides that from thence proceed many aerial fictions , and not from God, phasms, and chimeras , created by the vanity of our own hearts"

Etymology

From Latin phasma or Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma). See phase.

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