fantasm

fantasm
    n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the
         apparition that confronted us" [syn: {apparition},
         {phantom}, {phantasm}, {phantasma}, {fantasm}, {specter},
         {spectre}]
    2: something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition
       at midnight" [syn: {apparition}, {phantom}, {phantasm},
       {phantasma}, {fantasm}, {shadow}]
    

Phantasm \Phan"tasm\, n. [L. phantasma. See {Phantom}, and cf.
   {Fantasm}.] [Spelt also {fantasm}.]
   1. An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or
      material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an
      optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.
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            They be but phantasms or apparitions. --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.
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   2. A mental image or representation of a real object; a
      fancy; a notion. --Cudworth.
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            Figures or little features, of which the description
            had produced in you no phantasm or expectation.
                                                  --Jer. Taylor.
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Fantasm \Fan"tasm\, n. [See {Phantasm}, {Fancy}.]
   Same as {Phantasm}.
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