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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FANTAS'TIC,
FANTAS'TICAL, a. [Gr. vision, fancy, from to appear.]
1. Fanciful; produced or existing only in imagination; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
2. Having the nature of phantom; apparent only.
3. Unsteady; irregular.
4. Whimsical; capricious; fanciful; indulging the vagaries of imagination; as fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress.
5. Whimsical; odd.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition"; "fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in the mirror" [syn: antic, fantastic, fantastical, grotesque]
2: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, grand, howling, marvelous, marvellous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]
3: fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance" [syn: fantastic, wild]
4: existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: fantastic, fantastical]
5: extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective also fantastical Etymology: Middle English fantastic, fantastical, from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French fantastique, from Late Latin phantasticus, from Greek phantastikos producing mental images, from phantazein to present to the mind — more at fancy Date: 14th century 1. a. based on fantasy ; not real b. conceived or seemingly conceived by unrestrained fancy c. so extreme as to challenge belief ; unbelievable; broadly exceedingly large or great 2. marked by extravagant fantasy or extreme individuality ; eccentric 3. (fantastic) excellent, superlative <a fantastic meal> • fantasticality noun • fantasticalness noun Synonyms: fantastic, bizarre, grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote unrestrained extravagance in conception or merely ingenuity of decorative invention <dreamed up fantastic rumors to spread>. bizarre applies to the sensationally queer or strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination <a bizarre medieval castle built in the heart of a modern city>. grotesque may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones <grotesque statues adorn the cathedral> <though grief-stricken, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile>. Synonym: see in addition imaginary. II. noun Date: 1598 eccentric 2

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (also fantastical) 1 colloq. excellent, extraordinary. 2 extravagantly fanciful; capricious, eccentric. 3 grotesque or quaint in design etc. Derivatives: fantasticality n. fantastically adv. Etymology: ME f. OF fantastique f. med.L fantasticus f. LL phantasticus f. Gk phantastikos (as FANTAST)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fantastic Fan*tas"tic, a. [F. fantastique, fr. Gr. ??????????? able to represent, fr. ????????? to make visible. See Fancy.] 1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. 2. Having the nature of a phantom; unreal. --Shak. 3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination; whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic minds; a fantastic mistress. 4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped; grotesque. There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. --T. Gray. Syn: Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fantastic Fan*tas"tic, n. A person given to fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop. --Milton. Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take all ocasions to drow it out to be seen. --Fuller.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Note: The form 'fantastical' is also used for meaning 3. 1. If you say that something is fantastic, you are emphasizing that you think it is very good or that you like it a lot. (INFORMAL) I have a fantastic social life... I thought she was fantastic. = great ADJ [emphasis] 2. A fantastic amount or quantity is an extremely large one. ...fantastic amounts of money. ADJ: ADJ n • fantastically ...a fantastically expensive restaurant. ADV: ADV adj/adv 3. You describe something as fantastic or fantastical when it seems strange and wonderful or unlikely. Unlikely and fantastic legends grew up around a great many figures, both real and fictitious... The book has many fantastical aspects. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also fantastical) 1. Imaginary, fanciful, chimerical, visionary, unreal, merely ideal. 2. Whimsical, capricious, odd, queer, grotesque, strange, wild, bizarre.

Moby Thesaurus

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