phasm

English

Alternative forms

  • phasma

Etymology

Latin phasma, from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma). See phase.

Noun

phasm (plural phasms)

  1. (obsolete) An apparition; a phantom.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for phasm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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