phasm

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word phasm. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word phasm, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say phasm in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word phasm you have here. The definition of the word phasm will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofphasm, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin phasma or Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma). See phase.

Pronunciation

Noun

phasm (plural phasms or phasma)

  1. (obsolete) An apparition; a phantom.
    • 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to Practise, London: J Flesher for Richard Royston, , →OCLC:
      For heart is besides that from thence proceed many aerial fictions , and not from God, phasms, and chimeras , created by the vanity of our own hearts
    • 1677, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great:
      After a small space the lights‥extinguish, and‥the Phasma having assumed a bodily shape or other false representation accompanies her.

References

Anagrams