fantast
or phan·tast
[ fan-tast ]
/ ˈfæn tæst /
noun
a visionary or dreamer.
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Origin of fantast
1580–90; <German, variant of Phantast<Greek phantastḗs boaster; modern sense by association with fantastic
Words nearby fantast
fantasied, fantasist, fantasize, fantasm, fantasmagoria, fantast, fantastic, fantastically, fantasticate, fantastico, fantasy
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Example sentences from the Web for fantast
He has himself a good deal of the fantast again, but with a better basis of solidity beneath it.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.)|Thomas CarlyleBesides plays, now unreadable, he wrote two long novels and a number of short tales, which all bear witness to the fantast in him.
The epithet "fantast" may be equally suitably applied to Brentano.
British Dictionary definitions for fantast
fantast
/ (ˈfæntæst) /
noun
a dreamer or visionary
Word Origin for fantast
C16: from German Phantast, from Greek phantastēs boaster; English word influenced in meaning by fantastic
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