Word of the Day for Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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phantasmagoria \fan-taz-muh-GOR-ee-uh\, noun:
phantasmagoria \fan-taz-muh-GOR-ee-uh\, noun:
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1. A shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined, as in a dream.
1. A shifting series or succession of things seen or imagined, as in a dream.
2. Any constantly changing scene.
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So I keep having this phantasmagoria about the B.O. which involves the Airborne Rangers, the Marines, radio stations, elections, dictators, coups, China, money, and the Soviet Union!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Phantasmagoria is from French phantasmagorie, from phantasme, "phantasm" (from Greek, from phantazein, "to make visible," from phantos, "visible," from phainein, "to show") + -agorie, perhaps from Greek agora, "assembly."
Phantasmagoria is from French phantasmagorie, from phantasme, "phantasm" (from Greek, from phantazein, "to make visible," from phantos, "visible," from phainein, "to show") + -agorie, perhaps from Greek agora, "assembly."
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