PHANTASMAGORIA

phantasmagoria

(noun) a constantly changing medley of real or imagined images (as in a dream)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

phantasmagoria (plural phantasmagorias)

(historical) A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.

Synonym: magic lantern

A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and colour.

A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together.

Source: Wiktionary

Phan*tas`ma*go"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., from Gr. phantasmagorie.]

1. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.

2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.

3. Fig.: A medley of figures; illusive images. "This mental phantasmagoria." Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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