phantasmagorian

[fan-taz-muh-gawr-ee-uh, -gohr-]

phan·tas·ma·go·ri·a

[fan-taz-muh-gawr-ee-uh, -gohr-]
noun
1.
a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
2.
a changing scene made up of many elements.
3.
an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, etc.

Origin:
1795–1805; < French fantasmagorie, compound based on fantasme phantasm; second element perhaps representing Greek agorá assembly, gathering; see -ia

phan·tas·ma·go·ri·al, phan·tas·ma·gor·ic [fan-taz-muh-gawr-ik, -gor-] , phan·tas·ma·go·ri·an, adjective
phan·tas·ma·gor·ist, noun
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Phantasmagorian is always a great word to know.
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