fantastic
[ fan-tas-tik ]
/ fænˈtæs tɪk /
adjective
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Origin of fantastic
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English fantastik “pertaining to the imaginative faculty,” from Medieval Latin fantasticus, variant of Late Latin phantasticus, from Greek phantastikós “able to present the appearence (of something),” derivative of phantázein “to make present to the eye or mind” (akin to phānós “light, bright,” phaínein “to bring to light, cause to appear”) + -tikos -tic
synonym study for fantastic
1. See bizarre.
OTHER WORDS FROM fantastic
Words nearby fantastic
fantasist, fantasize, fantasm, fantasmagoria, fantast, fantastic, fantastically, fantasticate, fantastico, fantasy, fantasyland
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British Dictionary definitions for fantastic
fantastic
/ (fænˈtæstɪk) /
adjective Also: fantastical
noun
archaic a person who dresses or behaves eccentrically
Derived forms of fantastic
fantasticality or fantasticalness, nounWord Origin for fantastic
C14 fantastik imaginary, via Late Latin from Greek phantastikos capable of imagining, from phantazein to make visible
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