phantasia
A phantasm or the faculty of receiving or representing these impressionsA phantasm (an impression received through the senses) or the faculty of receiving or representing these impressions.
Meaning
2 sensesA phantasm (an impression received through the senses) or the faculty of receiving or representing these impressions.
(dated)Something imaginary; a fantasy.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), and from its etymon AncientBorrowed from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā, “appearance, look; display, presentation; pageantry, pomp; impression, perception; image”), from φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (Phắntăsĭs) is derived from φᾰντᾰ́ζω (phăntắzō, “to make visible, show; to become visible, appear; to imagine”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to appear; to reveal; to shine”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). The English word is a doublet of fancy, fantasia, fantasy, and phantasy.
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Forms
plural: phantasias| Singular | phantasia |
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