phantomry
phantomry noun: ghosts generally.
Noun
phantomry (uncountable)
- Ghosts generally.
- Talk of maidens, youngsters, and adults delighting to revel in the perusal of such phantomry!1847, Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, New Monthly Magazine, volume 79, page 112
- […] giant forms / Seen through the deepening gloom of fire-illumined vapour. / Saw I them? Or did the anguish of my spirit / Shape the wild phantomry?1873, Anthony Trollope, Saint Pauls Magazine, volume 12, page 412
Origin of phantomry
From phantom + -ry.
Questions about phantomry
- What does phantomry mean?
- Phantomry means ghosts generally.
- What part of speech is phantomry?
- Phantomry is a noun.
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