fata Morganan.

Brit.

/ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/, U.S.

/ˌfɑdə ˌmɔrˈɡɑnə/

Etymology: Italian fata a fairy; Morgana, sister of the British legendary hero Arthur, apparently located in Calabria by the Norman settlers.

A kind of mirage most frequently seen in the Strait of Messina, attributed in early times to fairy agency. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion

phantasma1398

emphasis1654

optical illusion1763

fata Morgana1818

trompe l'œil1889

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun]

fantasyc1325

fairyc1330

illusionc1374

mazec1390

phantasma1398

dream1489

phantom1557

seeming1576

phantasma1598

fancy1609

hallucinationa1652

phantastry1656

phasm1659

fata Morgana1818

dreamland1832

stardust1906

1818 R. Jamieson in E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (ed. 5) II. xxiii. 111 In mountainous regions, deceptions of sight, fata morgana, &c. are more common.

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. viii. 78 He [sc. Coleridge] preferred to create logical fatamorganas for himself on this hither side.

1892 Daily News 17 May 5/4 A fata Morgana seen last autumn near..Karlova.

attributive.1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Dec. 101 Cloud mountains, and fatamorgana cities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fata morgana
释义	fata Morganan. Brit. /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/, U.S. /ˌfɑdə ˌmɔrˈɡɑnə/ Etymology: Italian fata a fairy; Morgana, sister of the British legendary hero Arthur, apparently located in Calabria by the Norman settlers. A kind of mirage most frequently seen in the Strait of Messina, attributed in early times to fairy agency. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > optical illusion > [noun] > an optical illusion phantasma1398 emphasis1654 optical illusion1763 fata Morgana1818 trompe l'œil1889 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > deceptive fancy or illusion > [noun] fantasyc1325 fairyc1330 illusionc1374 mazec1390 phantasma1398 dream1489 phantom1557 seeming1576 phantasma1598 fancy1609 hallucinationa1652 phantastry1656 phasm1659 fata Morgana1818 dreamland1832 stardust1906 1818 R. Jamieson in E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. (ed. 5) II. xxiii. 111 In mountainous regions, deceptions of sight, fata morgana, &c. are more common. 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. viii. 78 He [sc. Coleridge] preferred to create logical fatamorganas for himself on this hither side. 1892 Daily News 17 May 5/4 A fata Morgana seen last autumn near..Karlova. attributive.1829 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Dec. 101 Cloud mountains, and fatamorgana cities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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