phasm

An apparition; a phantom.

Noun

  1. An apparition; a phantom.
    • 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 - 1654, H[enry] Hammond, Of Fundamentals in a Notion Referring to...
    • After a small space the lights‥extinguish, and‥the Phasma having assumed a bodily shape or other false representation accompanies her. - 1677, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great:

Origin

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

Forms

phasms phasma