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fantasticality|fænˌtæstɪˈkælɪtɪ|
Also 7 phan-.
[f. prec. + -ity.]
Fantastical character or quality; eccentricity, grotesqueness, oddity.
1592G. Harvey Four Lett. iii, An epitome of fantasticality. 1606Sir G. Goosecappe iii. i. in Bullen O. Pl. (1884) III. 43 Our Lords are as farr beyond them..for person..as they are beyond ours for phantasticality. 1824New Monthly Mag. XII. 154 A little fantasticality here and there, but upon the whole exquisite! 1878T. Sinclair Mount 275 He is not quite sure..about the fantasticality of these etymologies.
b. concr. and quasi-concr. Something that is fantastical; a crotchet, whim.
1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xv. §3. 263 The Fantasticalites of their bodyes. 1840Carlyle Heroes (1858) 329 The Song he [Burns] sings is not of fantasticalities. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. (1865) I. i. iii. 23 Ceremonials, and troublesome fantasticalities. 1887Saintsbury Hist. Elizab. Lit. vii. 284 The graceful fantasticalities of Lyly. |
