phantasmagoric adj : characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal art and literature" [syn: phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic]

English

Etymology

From Greek φαντασμα phantasma (ghost) + αγορευειν agoreuein (to speak publicly)

Adjective

phantasmagoric

1. Characterised by rapid changes in light intensity and colour.
2. The quality of blurring real and imaginary elements as in a dream.

See also

• phantasmagoria

Barmecidal, Barmecide, airy, apparent, apparitional, autistic, chimeric, deceptive, delusional, delusionary, delusive, delusory, dereistic, dreamlike, dreamy, erroneous, fallacious, false, fantastic, illusional, illusionary, illusive, illusory, imaginary, misleading, ostensible, phantasmal, phantom, seeming, self-deceptive, self-deluding, specious, spectral, supposititious, unactual, unfounded, unreal, unsubstantial, visionary