heteroptics

Etymology

From hetero- + optics.

heteroptics means hallucination; the vision of something that is not real. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 75 out of 100.

noun

hallucination; the vision of something that is not real.“But this irregularity in vision , together with such enormities , as tipping the wink , the circumspective roll , the sidepeep through a thin hood or fan , must be put in the class of Heteroptics.”