fantastic
adjectivenouncommon in dialogue
- Australia/[fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]/
- New Zealand//fɛnˈtɛs.tək//
- //fænˈtæs.tɪk//
- /[fɛə̯nˈtʰæs.tɪk(ʰ)]/
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
adjective
- 1
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
"I had a simply fantastic vacation, and I can't wait to tell you all about it!"
- 2
Existing in or constructed from fantasy; of or relating to fantasy; fanciful.
He told fantastic stories of dragons and goblins.
His fantastic post-college plans had all collapsed within a year of graduation.
She had a fantastic view of her own importance that none of her colleagues shared.
At the base of the whole process by which divinities and demons were created, and rites for their propitiation and placation established, lay Fear - fear stimulating the imagination to fantastic activity.
- 3
archaicGiven to fanciful ideas, impulsive; irrational.
She was a frightened fool, and she was fantastic, and I suppose that, at that time, she really cared for that imbecile.
- 4
archaicNot believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.
Since 1 part in 100,000 would imply that one could put a Shuttle up each day for 300 years expecting to lose only one, we could properly ask "What is the cause of management's fantastic faith in the machinery?"
- 5
archaicResembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech, / That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.
[…]This round of green, this orb of flame, Fantastic beauty; such as lurks In some wild Poet, when he works Without a conscience or an aim.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.
noun
- 1
archaicA fanciful or whimsical person.
Forms
- plural
- fantastics
- comparative
- more fantastic
- superlative
- most fantastic
fantastic · Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
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