phantasmagoria
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prettygoodwordphantasmagoria (fan-taz-muh-GOHR-ee-uh) - n., a dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together; a constantly changing scene composed of numerous elements.
Originally, an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, and so on. The original Phantasmagoria, or Grand Cabinet of Optical and Mechanical Curiosities, exhibiting Magical Illusions, and various other wonderful Pieces of Art, started showing on October 5, 1801, taking its name from French, phantasmagorie, the name for recent similar shows, coined from phantasme, phantasm (from Old French fantasme) + -agorie (perhaps from Greek agora, assembly).
Spooooooky.
---L.
Originally, an optical illusion produced by a magic lantern or the like in which figures increase or diminish in size, pass into each other, dissolve, and so on. The original Phantasmagoria, or Grand Cabinet of Optical and Mechanical Curiosities, exhibiting Magical Illusions, and various other wonderful Pieces of Art, started showing on October 5, 1801, taking its name from French, phantasmagorie, the name for recent similar shows, coined from phantasme, phantasm (from Old French fantasme) + -agorie (perhaps from Greek agora, assembly).
Spooooooky.
---L.
