phantom

ˈfan-təm 2 syllables uncommon

  1. noun. something apparent to sense but with no substantial existence: apparition

    • the phantom of disease and want
    • She was a phantom of delight …

  2. noun. something elusive or visionary

  3. noun. an object of continual dread or abhorrence

  4. adjective. of the nature of, suggesting, or being a phantom: illusory

    • phantom voters

  5. adjective. fictitious, dummy

Source

Origin

Middle English fantesme, fantosme, fantome, fantom "what only seems to have reality or value, vanity, illusion, apparition, falsehood," borrowed from Anglo-French fantosme, fantasme.

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