phantasmagoric Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
    phantasmagorical; surrealistic; surreal.
    • a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys
    • the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature

WordNet


Phan*tas`ma*gor"ic adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to phantasmagoria; phantasmagorial. Hawthorne.

Webster 1913