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Webster 1913 Edition
Phantom
Phan′tom
,Noun.
[OE.
fantome
, fantosme
, fantesme
, OF. fantôme
, fr. L. phantasma
, Gr. φάντασμα
, fr. φαίνειν
to show. See Fancy
, and cf. Phaëton
, Phantasm
, Phase
.] That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
Strange
phantoms
rising as the mists arise. Pope.
She was a
phantom
of delight. Wordsworth.
Phantom ship
. See
– Flying Dutchman
, under Flying
. Phantom tumor
(Med.)
, a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anæsthetic.
Webster 1828 Edition
Phantom
PHAN'TOM
,Noun.
1.
Something that appears; an apparition; a specter. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise.
2.
A fancied vision.Definition 2024
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See also: phantom
English
Proper noun
Phantom
- Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by Marines in Vietnam
- The comic The Phantom, and the character in it by the same name
Translations
comic and its main character
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Anagrams
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See also: Phantom
English
Alternative forms
- fantom (archaic)
Noun
phantom (plural phantoms)
- Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive.
- An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
Synonyms
- ghost
- See also Wikisaurus:ghost
Derived terms
Translations
something having no physical reality
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Adjective
phantom (not comparable)
- Illusive.
- 1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock:
- […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
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- Fictitious or nonexistent.
- a phantom limb
Translations
unreal or fictitious
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