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phantom
English
Alternative forms
- fantom (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English fantom, fantum, from Old French fantosme, fantasme, from Latin phantasma (“an apparition, specter; (in Late Latin also) appearance, image”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (phántasma, “phantasm, an appearance, image, apparition, specter”), from ??????? (phantáz?, “I make visible”). Doublet of phantasm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fænt?m/
Noun
phantom (plural phantoms)
- A ghost or apparition.
- Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
- (bridge) A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
- (medical imaging) A test object. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- ghost
- See also Thesaurus:ghost
Derived terms
- phantom limb
- phantom pain
Related terms
- fantasy
Translations
Adjective
phantom (not comparable)
- Illusive.
- Fictitious or nonexistent.
Translations
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “phantom”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- Hampton
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unearthly
English
Etymology
From un- +? earthly.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n????.li/
- (US) IPA(key): /?n???.li/
Adjective
unearthly (comparative unearthlier, superlative unearthliest)
- Not of the earth; non-terrestrial.
- 2012, Charles Lockwood, Tragedy at Honda, page 65
- In the hard glare of the Searchlight, which had been manned by Seaman 2nd class Evans W. Watkins, the rock had the unearthly look of a miniature satellite in space.
- 2012, Charles Lockwood, Tragedy at Honda, page 65
- Preternatural or supernatural.
- Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious.
- 1819 [publ. Sep 1858], James Morton, "The Poetical Remains of the late Dr. John Leyden, with Memoirs of his Life", The Calcutta Review, volume 31, page 25
- I then set out to survey the town in the self-same palankeen. The houses had all of them an unearthly appearance, by no means consonant to our ideas of Oriental splendor.
- 1819 [publ. Sep 1858], James Morton, "The Poetical Remains of the late Dr. John Leyden, with Memoirs of his Life", The Calcutta Review, volume 31, page 25
- Ideal beyond the mundane.
- 2000, Aileen Ribeiro, The Gallery of Fashion, page 42
- By the late sixteenth century Elizabeth had become the icon-like Virgin Queen of legend, an image created, to a large extent, by her extraordinary, unearthly costume and appearance.
- 2000, Aileen Ribeiro, The Gallery of Fashion, page 42
- Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous.
- 1927, The Walther League Messenger, volume 36, page 225
- I see my boys all wearing the same unearthly trousers, the same hair cuts, garish ties and sweaters, all rolling their socks and entertaining the same crazy notions about everything.
- 1927, The Walther League Messenger, volume 36, page 225
Translations
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