A spectral apparition, phantom; an illusory appearance. Obs.

Enchantment, magic. Also: an instance of this; an illusion, a dream; a dazed or excited state of mind. Obsolete.

Something that deceives or deludes by producing a false impression; a deceptive or illusive appearance, statement, belief, etc.; in early use often…

A delusive fancy; a trick or deception. Obsolete.

A thing or being which apparently exists but is not real; a hallucination or vision; a figment of the imagination; an illusion.

Something imagined or invented; a false idea or belief; an illusion, a delusion; (in early use also) †a sham, a pretence (obsolete).

Something merely imagined; an image in a dream, vision, etc. Also: a (usually delusory) notion or idea which plays on the mind or haunts the…

External appearance considered as deceptive, or as distinguished from reality; an illusion, a semblance.

= phantasm, n. (in various senses).

A spectral apparition; an illusion of the senses. Cf. fantasy, n. 2. Obs.

The mental condition of being deceived or mistaken, or of entertaining unfounded notions; with a and plural, an idea or belief to which nothing…

Fantastic creation or display; ostentation, affectation, pomp; showy trappings. Also: delusory or illusory character, deceptiveness; fantasy.

An extraordinary appearance, an apparition, a vision; a phantom.

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

An imagined place or state of existence, esp. one that is unrealistically ideal; (also) a state of fantasy. Cf. never-never land, n. 2, cloudland, n.…

figurative. That which is illusory or insubstantial. to have stardust in one's eyes and variants: to have a false (favourable) impression of a…