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Fantasy
Definitions
- 1 That which comes from one's imagination. countable, uncountable
"Is not this something more than fantasy?"
- 2 imagination unrestricted by reality wordnet
- 3 The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc. countable, uncountable
- 4 something many people believe that is false wordnet
- 5 A fantastical design. countable, uncountable
"Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread."
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- 6 fiction with a large amount of imagination in it wordnet
- 7 The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. countable, slang, uncountable
- 1 To conceive (something) mentally; to imagine. transitive
- 2 indulge in fantasies wordnet
- 3 To fantasize about something). literary, transitive
"Perhaps I would be able to help him recapture the well-being and emotional closeness he fantasied his brother had experienced with his parents prior to his birth."
- 4 To conceive mentally; to imagine. intransitive
"Firſt I phantaſied that if I liſt to take vpon me the crowne and imperiall Scepter of the realme, now was the time propice and conuenient."
- 5 To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like. intransitive, obsolete
"Which he doth most fantasy."
Etymology
Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy. Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy.
Noun inherited from Middle English fantasie, from Old French fantasie (“fantasy”), from Latin phantasia (“imagination”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía, “apparition”), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fancy, fantasia, phantasia, and phantasy. Verb from Middle English fantasien, from Old French fantasier. Doublet of fancy.
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