Phantasmal
fænˈtæzməl
adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a phantasm; illusory; spectral
The word 'phantasmal' is derived from the Latin word 'phantasma,' which means apparition or ghostly figure. It is often used to describe something that is ghostly or unreal in nature.
See how James Joyce and G. K. Chesterton use "phantasmal", with its meaning, pronunciation and real book examples.
Examples from books
Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed.
James Joyce
Ulysses
Mr. Audley, the chairman, was an amiable, elderly man who still wore Gladstone collars; he was a kind of symbol of all that phantasmal and yet fixed society.
G. K. Chesterton
The Innocence of Father Brown
