07-02-2005, 08:51 PM
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Phantasmagoria (couldn't resist this one)
Phantasmagoria (Noun)
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Pronunciation: [fæn-tæz-mê-'go-ri-yê]
Definition 1: An exhibition or bizarre assemblage of images, usually, that constantly change.
Usage 1: The adjective is "phantasmagoric" or " phantasmagorical."
Suggested usage: "The children's Halloween play was a phantasmagoria of color, lilting voices, dancing, and hilariously misspoken lines." Or, on a bleaker note, "The funeral was a phantasmagoria I could hardly comprehend—so many flowers, people I barely knew coming and going, strange services, voices, and music."
Etymology: A name invented for the optical illusions of the magic lantern first exhibited in London in 1802. The origin is hazy. It could be from Greek phantasma "apparition, phantom" + (possibly) agora "assembly, market-place." However, it might just as be a compound of "phantasma" with "gory" and the suffix "-ia," added to make it more haunting and authentic. (Our gratitude is owed today to Michele Kayen for sharing a favorite word with us.)
—Dr. Language, yourDictionary.com
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