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phantasmagoric

[fan-taz-muh-gawr-ik, -gor-] / fænˌtæz məˈgɔr ɪk, -ˈgɒr- /


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It certainly bests the phantasmagoric desert full of sandworms.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2024

The costumes of the cachaceros, representing Africans, are phantasmagoric confections of old jaguar pelts, caiman skulls and peccary teeth.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2024

Brennan: Your mention of Dylan brings us to terrain I’m better equipped to handle than a case of epididymitis run amok: The film’s phantasmagoric dogpile of cinematic, cultural and political points of reference.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023

Much that occurs is slightly phantasmagoric, resulting in a story of psychological disorientation as well as physical threat.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

And he found it impossible, too, to think of Margaret in any other than this his first way; the second, in spite of what he had with his own eyes beheld, remained unreal, phantasmagoric.

From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore




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