phantom
/ˈfantəm/ [fan-tum]
noun
1 A ghost.
1.1 A figment of the imagination.
Origin
Middle English (also in the sense ‘illusion, delusion’): from Old French fantosme, based on Greek phantasma (see phantasm).
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Ten times over, the phantom came.
My own mind was sure to blame.
With all those creaking, spooky thoughts
And Halloween's not 'till tomorrow. Ain't that lame?
