Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PHAN'TOM
PHAN-TAS'TIC, or PHAN'TA-SYPHA'RA-ON
PHAN'TOM, n. [Fr. fantöme, corrupted from L. phantasma.]
- Something that appears; an apparition; a specter. Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. – Pope.
- A fancied vision. – Pope.
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