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phantasmagoria

phan·tas·ma·goria

UK/ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒɹi.ə/ US/ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːɹi.ə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a constantly changing medley or real or imagined images (as in a dream)

Origin

Borrowed from French phantasmagorie, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “ghost”) + possibly either ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly, gathering”) + the suffix -ia or ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak publicly”).

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