phantasmagoric
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English
Etymology
From phantasmagoria + -ic.[1]
Adjective
phantasmagoric (comparative more phantasmagoric, superlative most phantasmagoric)
- Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
- 2000, Postmodern Studies, volume 28, page 127:
- As early as 1965, however, Tom Wolfe sensed the importance of "electrographic architecture," the phantasmagoric billboards along 79.
- Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.
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Translations
characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements
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References
- ^ “phantasmagoric, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
