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phantasmagorical

phan·tas·ma·gorical

uncommon

adjective

1.

characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions

  • “a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows” -J.C.Powys
  • “the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature”

Origin

From phantasmagoria + -ical.

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