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fantastic.

Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

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Meaning & usage

adj/fænˈtæs.tɪk/[fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]Australia, British, Southern, Standard[fɛə̯nˈtʰæs.tɪk(ʰ)]/fɛnˈtɛs.tək/New-Zealand

  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.

  3. Given to fanciful ideas, impulsive; irrational.

    archaic

  4. Not believable; implausible; seemingly only possible in fantasy.

    archaic

  5. Resembling fantasies in irregularity, caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; grotesque.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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 -τῐς (-tĭs) 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/fænˈtæs.tɪk/[fanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)]Australia, British, Southern, Standard[fɛə̯nˈtʰæs.tɪk(ʰ)]/fɛnˈtɛs.tək/New-Zealand

  1. A fanciful or whimsical person.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

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 -τῐς (-tĭs) 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.

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