phan·tas·ma·go·ri·a (f
n-tz
m
-gôr
-, -g
r-) also phan·tas·ma·go·ry (fn-tzm-gôr, -gr)
n-tzm-gôr-, -gr-) also phan·tas·ma·go·ry (fn-tzm-gôr, -gr)n. pl. phan·tas·ma·go·ri·as also phan·tas·ma·go·ries
1.
a. A fantastic sequence of haphazardly associative imagery, as seen in dreams or fever.
b. A constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements.
2. Fantastic imagery as represented in art.
[Alteration of obsolete French phantasmagorie, art of creating supernatural illusions : perhaps fantasme,illusion (from Old French; see phantasm) + allégorie, allegory, allegorical visual representation (from Old French, allegory, from Latin allgoria; see allegory).]
goria; see allegory).]phan·tasma·goric (-gôr
k, -g
r-) adj.
ma·goric (-gôrk, -gr-) adj.phan·tasma·gori·cal·ly adv.
ma·gori·cal·ly adv.
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