phantasmal

[ fan-taz-muh l ]
/ fænˈtæz məl /

adjective

pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
Also phan·tas·mic, phan·tas·mi·cal, phan·tas·mat·ic [fan-taz-mat-ik] /ˌfæn tæzˈmæt ɪk/, phan·tas·mat·i·cal.

Origin of phantasmal

First recorded in 1805–15; phantasm + -al1

OTHER WORDS FROM phantasmal

phan·tas·mal·i·ty, noun phan·tas·mal·ly, phan·tas·mi·cal·ly, phan·tas·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb

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