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phantom

phan·tom

UK/ˈfæntəm/ US/ˈfænʌm/ fairly common
noun (2) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a ghostly appearing figure

  • “we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us”
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2.

something existing in perception only

  • “a ghostly apparition at midnight”
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adjective

1.

something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

  • “seemed to hear faint phantom bells”
  • “the amputee”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English fantome, fanteme, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.

Phrases

  • giant phantom jelly
  • phantom abandoned call
  • phantom bone disease
  • phantom call
  • phantom circuit
  • phantom crane fly
  • phantom debt
  • phantom energy
  • phantom eye syndrome
  • phantom orchid
  • phantom powering
  • phantom share

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