Category:Phantasm

Phan"tasm, n. Etym: [l. phantasma. See phantom, and cf. Fantasm.] [spelt also fantasm.]

1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; A shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a Phantom; a dream. They be but phantasms or apparitions. Sir w. Raleigh.

2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a Notion. Cudworth. Figures or little features, of which the description had produced in You no phantasm or expectation. Jer. Taylor.