fantast
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fantast
First recorded in 1580–90; from German, Fantast, Phantast, from Greek phantastḗs “boaster”; a derivative of the verb phantázein “to make visible, present to the eye or mind”
Example Sentences
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Daily fantast sports are online games in which players compete for cash prizes by picking teams of real life athletes and scoring “fantasy” points based on how those athletes perform.
From Seattle Times
Steven Spielberg, fantast supreme, always felt manacled by movie reality.
From Time
The room was a tatterdemalion rococo barbarized more completely by gothic embellishments that nevertheless gave it the atmosphere of the fantasts with whom Michael had identified it.
From Project Gutenberg
He has himself a good deal of the fantast again, but with a better basis of solidity beneath it.
From Project Gutenberg
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