phantasmagoria

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)

Etymology

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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