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fantastic

adj
/fænˈtæs.tɪk/

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *bʰeh₂-✻
  2. derived from φᾰντᾰστῐκός
  3. derived from phantasticus
  4. borrowed from fantastique

Definitions

  1. Wonderful

    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

    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.

  3. Not believable

    Not 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?"
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity

      Resembling 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.

    2. A fanciful or whimsical person.

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Derived

fabtastic, fanfreakingtastic, fantabulous, fantascience, fantasterrific, fantastical, fantastically, fantasticism, fantasticity, fantasticize, fantasticly, fantasticness, floptastic, funtastic, nonfantastic, plastic fantastic, snazztastic, spanktastic, sparktastic, sucktastic, superfantastic, supertastic, trip the light fantastic, ultrafantastic, unfantastic

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fantastic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at fantastic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at fantastic

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA