phantasmagoric vs weird

phantasmagoric

adj
  • Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements. 

  • Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour. 

weird

adj
  • Having an unusually strange character or behaviour. 

  • Deviating from the normal; bizarre. 

adv
  • In a strange manner. 

verb
  • To warn solemnly; adjure. 

  • To destine; doom; change by witchcraft or sorcery. 

noun
  • Weirdness. 

  • That which comes to pass; a fact. 

  • A prediction. 

How often have the words phantasmagoric and weird occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )