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phantasmagoria

N ภาพหลอน ที่ เปลี่ยนแปลง  ภาพ หรือ ทัศนียภาพ เปลี่ยนแปลง  phantasmagory pab-lon-ti-plin-plang

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PHANTASMAGORIA

Phan *tas `ma *go "ri *a, n. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. phantasmagorie. ]

 

1. An optical effect produced by a magic lantern. The figures are painted in transparent colors, and all the rest of the glass is opaque black. The screen is between the spectators and the instrument, and the figures are often made to appear as in motion, or to merge into one another.

 

2. The apparatus by which such an effect is produced.

 

3. Fig. : A medley of figures; illusive images. "This mental phantasmagoria. " Sir W. Scott.

 

PHANTASMAGORIAL

PHANTASMAGORIAL Phan *tas `ma *go "ri *al, a.

 

Defn: Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

phantasmagoria

phan tas ma go ri a |fanˌtazməˈgôrēə ˌfænˌtæzməˈɡɔriə | noun a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream: what happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery. DERIVATIVES phan tas ma gor ic |-gôrik |adjective, phan tas ma gor i cal |gôrikəl |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally the name of a London exhibition (1802 ) of optical illusions produced chiefly by magic lantern ): probably from French fantasmagorie, from fantasme phantasm + a fanciful suffix.

 

Oxford Dictionary

phantasmagoria

phantasmagoria |ˌfantazməˈgɔːrɪə, -ˈgɒrɪə | noun a sequence of real or imaginary images like that seen in a dream: what happened next was a phantasmagoria of horror and mystery. DERIVATIVES phantasmagoric |-ˈgɒrɪk |adjective, phantasmagorical |-ˈgɒrɪk (ə )l |adjective ORIGIN early 19th cent. (originally the name of a London exhibition (1802 ) of optical illusions produced chiefly by magic lantern ): probably from French fantasmagorie, from fantasme phantasm + a fanciful suffix.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

phantasmagoria

phan tas ma go ri a /fæntæ̀zməɡɔ́ːriə |fæ̀ntæzməɡɔ́r -/名詞 C 変幻自在の光景 ; 走馬灯 .