Will-o'-the-wisp: alternatives and connections

The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into…

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Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor.

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An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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See Fantasy, and Fancy.

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A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substanc…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.