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fan·tas·tic (fan tas′tik)
adjective
- existing in the imagination; imaginary; unreal fantastic terrors
- having a strange or weird appearance; grotesque; odd; quaint fantastic designs
- strange and unusual; extravagant; capricious; eccentric a fantastic plan
- seemingly impossible; incredible fantastic progress in science
Also fantastical fan·tas′·ti·cal
Etymology: ME fantastik < OFr fantastique < ML fantasticus < LL phantasticus < Gr phantastikos, able to present or represent to the mind < phantazein, to make visible < phainein, to show: see fantasy
noun
a person who is fantastic in behavior, dress, etc.; eccentric
Related Forms:
- fantastically fan·tas′·ti·cally adverb
- fantasticalness fan·tas′·ti·cal·ness noun
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