phantom


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phantom/ˈfantəm/
noun a ghost.

■ a figment of the imagination.

■ [as modifier] not real; illusory: a phantom conspiracy.

– origin ME: from OFr. fantosme, based on Gk phantasma (see phantasm).
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