Definition of Phantam
Phan"tom, a. Being, or of the
nature of, a phantom.
Phantom isles are floating in the
skies. B. Taylor.
Phan"tom (?), n. [OE. fantome,
fantosme, fantesme, OF. fantôme, fr. L.
phantasma, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; 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.
Phan"tom, a. Being, or of the
nature of, a phantom.
Phantom isles are floating in the
skies. B. Taylor.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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
- Illusive
- Fictitious or nonexistent
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
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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