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   Phan·tas·ma·go·ri·a

   /ˌfanˌtazməˈɡôrēə/

   

   noun

   • 1. a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream: "what happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery"

   Word Origin early 19th century (originally the name of a London exhibition (1802) of optical illusions produced chiefly by magic lantern): probably from French fantasmagorie, from fantasme ‘phantasm’ + a fanciful suffix.

   Derivatives

   • 1. phantasmagoric adjective
   • 2. phantasmagorical adjective

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