Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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Flying Dutchman | Yes | No | No | No |
phantom | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Flying Dutchman (noun) | phantom (noun) |
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a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope | something existing in perception only |
the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day | a ghostly appearing figure |
Flying Dutchman (adjective) | phantom (adjective) |
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something apparently sensed but having no physical reality |