fantasied

[ fan-tuh-seed ]

/ ˈfæn tə sid /

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adjective

conceived of in or as a fantasy; imagined; storied.

dreamt of or hoped for; longingly imagined; fancied: a fantasied career as a fashion model.

Obsolete. filled with fantasy or fancy; imaginative or whimsical.

Words nearby fantasied

fantabulous, fantail, fantail darter, fantail goldfish, fantasia, fantasied, fantasist, fantasize, fantasm, fantasmagoria, fantast

Origin of fantasied

First recorded in 1555–65; fantasy + -ed², -ed³

Definition for fantasied (2 of 2)

fantasy

[ fan-tuh-see, -zee ]

/ ˈfæn tə si, -zi /

noun, plural fan·ta·sies.

imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.

the forming of mental images, especially wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing.

a mental image, especially when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy.

Psychology. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream.

a hallucination.

a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies.

caprice; whim.

an ingenious or fanciful thought, design, or invention.

Also fantasia. Literature. an imaginative or fanciful work, especially one dealing with supernatural or unnatural events or characters: The stories of Poe are fantasies of horror.

Music. fantasia(def 1).

adjective

noting or relating to any of various games or leagues in which fans assemble players of a professional sport into imaginary teams, and points are scored based on the performance of these players in real games: fantasy football; fantasy sports.

verb (used with or without object), fan·ta·sied, fan·ta·sy·ing.

to form mental images; imagine; fantasize.

Rare. to write or play fantasias.

Sometimes phan·ta·sy.

Origin of fantasy

1275–1325; Middle English fantasie imaginative faculty, mental image (< Anglo-French, Old French) < Latin phantasia < Greek phantasía an idea, notion, image, literally, a making visible; see fantastic, -y³

SYNONYMS FOR fantasy

1 See fancy.

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OTHER WORDS FROM fantasy

non·fan·ta·sy, noun, plural non·fan·ta·sies.

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In this sort that fayre Wydow and young Princesse fantasied in the night vppon the discourse of hir appetites.
The Palace of Pleasure|William Painter

British Dictionary definitions for fantasied

fantasy

phantasy

/ (ˈfæntəsɪ) /

noun plural -sies

imagination unrestricted by reality
(as modifier)a fantasy world

a creation of the imagination, esp a weird or bizarre one

psychol

a series of pleasing mental images, usually serving to fulfil a need not gratified in reality
the activity of forming such images

a whimsical or far-fetched notion

an illusion, hallucination, or phantom

a highly elaborate imaginative design or creation

music another word for fantasia, fancy (def. 13), (rarely) development (def. 5)

literature having a large fantasy content
a prose or dramatic composition of this type

(modifier) of or relating to a competition, often in a newspaper, in which a participant selects players for an imaginary ideal team, and points are awarded according to the actual performances of the chosen playersfantasy football

verb -sies, -sying or -sied

a less common word for fantasize

Word Origin for fantasy

C14 fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantazein to make visible

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Medical definitions for fantasied

fantasy

[ făn′tə-sē, -zē ]

n.

Imagery that is more or less coherent, as in dreams and daydreams, yet unrestricted by reality.phantasia

fantasied

adjective

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Origin of fantasied

Definition for fantasied (2 of 2)

noun, plural fan·ta·sies.

adjective

verb (used with or without object), fan·ta·sied, fan·ta·sy·ing.

Origin of fantasy

SYNONYMS FOR fantasy

OTHER WORDS FROM fantasy

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British Dictionary definitions for fantasied

phantasy

noun plural -sies

verb -sies, -sying or -sied

Word Origin for fantasy

Medical definitions for fantasied

n.