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fantom

fantom is the archaic spelling of phantom.

Meaning of phantom

Adjective

phantom (not comparable)

  1. Illusive.
    • […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”1899, Stephen Crane, chapter 1, in Twelve O'Clock
  2. Fictitious or nonexistent.
    • a phantom limb

See all 8 meanings of phantom

Forms of fantom

pluralfantoms

Questions about fantom

What is fantom the archaic spelling of?
Fantom is the archaic spelling of phantom.

Words near fantom in the dictionary

  1. fantoccini
  2. fantod
  3. fantoddish
  4. fantods
  5. fantofarone
  6. fantom
  7. fantoms
  8. fantrepreneur
  9. fantrepreneurs
  10. fantroll
  11. fantrolls

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