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fantastic, a. and n.|fænˈtæstɪk|
Forms: α. 4 fantastik, 5–7 fantastike, -tyke, -tique, -tyque, 6–8 fantastick(e, 7– fantastic. β. 6–8 phantastick(e, 6 phantastike, 7 phantastique. 7– phantastic.
[ad. med.L. fantastic-us, late L. phantasticus, a. Gr. ϕανταστικός, f. ϕαντάζειν to make visible (middle voice ϕαντάζεσθαι, in late Gr. to imagine, have visions): see fantasy. Cf. Fr. fantastique.
The form phantastic is no longer generally current, but has been casually used by a few writers of the 19th c., to suggest associations connected with the Gr. etymology.]
A. adj.
1.
†a. Existing only in imagination; proceeding merely from imagination; fabulous, imaginary, unreal (obs.).
b. In mod. use, of alleged reasons, fears, etc.: Perversely or irrationally imagined.
αa1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 279 What is i-seide..of Merlyn has fantastik getynge. Ibid. VIII. 63 Kyng Arthures body [was founden] þat was i-counted as it were fantastik. 1529More Supplic. Soulys Wks. 338 A very fantastike fable. 1627F. E. Hist. Edw. II (1680) 11 His fantastique Happiness. 1721Swift South Sea viii, He longs to rove in that fantastick scene. 1775Harris Philos. Arrangem. Wks. (1841) 299 A fourth sort..may be called fantastic, or imaginary; such as centaurs. 1816J. Wilson City of Plague i. i, I could smile at such fantastic terrors. 1876M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma 157 His hearers and reporters were sure to verse it on their own fantastic grounds also.
β1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 481 All those other phantastick Gods, were nothing but Several Personal Names. 1742Young Nt. Th. i. 94 My soul phantastic measures trod O'er fairy fields.
†2. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a phantasm. Obs.
α1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 19/2 He shewed that he was veryly rysen..by etyng openly, and by no art fantastyke. 1491― Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xlii. 68 a/1 [I am] noo thynge fantastyque, but a sparcle of fyre; Asshes, and flesshe. 1598Yong Diana 127 A meere dreame, or some fantastick illusion. 1624Fletcher Rule a Wife iv. iii, Is not this a fantastic house we are in, And all a dream we do? 1648Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 198 One will allow of his humanity..another will allow a divine soul with a fantastick body.
β1635A. Stafford Fem. Glory (1869) 145 That He had a phantasticke Body, not made of his Mothers Flesh. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. IV. 377 Aery Banquets, Phantastick Food. a1716South Serm. (1741) VII. 16 An aerial phantastic body.
†3. Of or pertaining to phantasy, in its various psychological senses (see fantasy n. 1, 4) as denoting either the faculty (and act) of apprehending sensible objects, or that of imagination; imaginative.
1483Caxton Cato F viij b, By cogytacyon or thynkyng fantastyke and by illusyon of the deuyll. 1592Davies Immort. Soul xx. ii. (1599) 47 [Phantasie] in her Ballance doth their values trie, Where some things good, and som things il do seeme..in her phantasticke eye. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. Pref. ⁋43 There is as much phantasticke pleasure in doing a spite, as in doing revenge. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 29 The different Phancies in us, caused by the respective Differences of them..Which Phancies or Phantastick Idea's are [etc.]. 1793T. Taylor Sallust viii. 38 The irrational soul..is sensitive and phantastic life.
†b. Of poetry: Concerned with ‘phantasy’ (Gr. ϕαντασία) or illusory appearance. Obs.[See Plato Sophistes xxiii, li. In quot. 1581 the word may be merely a transliteration of Gr. ϕανταστική.] 1581Sidney Apol. Poetrie (Arb.) 54 Mans wit may make Poesie, (which should be Eikastike, which some learned haue defined, figuring foorth good things,) to be Phantastike: which doth contrariwise, infect the fancie with vnworthy obiects. 1669Gale Crt. Gentiles i. iii. i. 18 Phantastic Poesie is that, which altogether feigns things.
4. Of persons, their actions and attributes:
†a. Having a lively imagination; imaginative (obs.).
b. Fanciful, impulsive, capricious, arbitrary; also, foppish in attire. Now in stronger sense: Extravagantly fanciful, odd and irrational in behaviour.
α1488Caxton Chast. Goddes Chyld. xix. 50 Whether he haue a sadde knowyng or felinge or elles a soden wytte or fantastyk. 1591Shakes. Two Gent. ii. vii. 47 To be fantastique, may become a youth Of greater time then I shall shew to be. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. ii. 1 Let no fantastique Reader now condemne Our homely Muse. 1683Tryon Way to Health 577 The..fantastique Directions of ignorant Physitians. c1760Smollett Ode to Indep. 100 And all her jingling bells fantastic Folly ring. 1790Burke Fr. Rev. 312 The fantastick vagaries of these juvenile politicians. 1847Emerson Repr. Men, Montaigne Wks. (Bohn) I. 350 Great believers are always reckoned..impracticable, fantastic, atheistic.
β1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio A iij b, He that talking of a young gentleman, shoulde say, that he was phantasticke, cholericke, amorous..doth hym no wrong. 1702Steele Funeral ii, I have long..bore with your Phantastick Humour.
5. Arbitrarily devised. Now rare. Cf. fancy a.
1658Bramhall Consecr. Bps. iii. 29 They say..the..Protestant Bishops..were consecrated..by a new phantastick forme. 1846Trench Mirac. i. (1862) 115 Phantastic and capricious miracles. 1876Humphreys Coin-Coll. Man. xxvi. 396 Occasionally fantastic variations of well-known inscriptions occur.
6. Having the appearance of being devised by extravagant fancy; eccentric, quaint, or grotesque in design, conception, construction, or adornment.
α1616R. C. Times' Whistle iii. 1077 Drusus, that fashion-imitating ape, Delights to follow each fantastic shape. 1728Young Love Fame iii. Wks. (1757) 107 The masquerade's fantastic scene! 1750Gray Elegy xxvi, Yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. 1841Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 221 Vaulted halls adorned with the usual fantastic arches. 1856Stanley Sinai & Pal. i. (1858) 30 The Arab traditions..are too fantastic to be treated seriously. 1871B. Taylor Faust (1875) I. vi. 109 The witch with fantastic gestures draws a circle.
β1618Wither Motto, Nec Curo, Each phantastique Garb our Gallants weare. a1713T. Ellwood Autobiog. (1714) 242 Written in such an affected and phantastick stile.
b. Arbitrarily used by Milton for: Making ‘fantastic’ movements (in the dance); hence in later allusions to Milton's phrase. So in Comb. fantastic-footed.
1632Milton L'Allegro 33 Trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe. a1790Warton On Approach of Summer 59 Haste thee, Nymph! and hand in hand..Bring fantastic-footed Joy. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey v. xv, Mr. St. Ledger..prided himself..on his light fantastic toe.
7. In trivial use: excellent, good beyond expectation. colloq.
1938M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xi. 175 Oh, Val, isn't it fantastic?..It's amazing, isn't it? 1971New Statesman 5 Feb. 176/3 A friend tells me of a recent experience..which really does rate that over-worked adjective, fantastic. 1973Brand New Monty Python Papperbok (1986) 27 For the past seventeen weeks Janet has been on a fantastic package tour to Malaga. 1987Los Angeles Times 5 Sept. v. 2/3 ‘Only..very nice?’ he asked woefully. ‘Oh, it's great! I mean, it's fantastic!’
B. n.
1. One who has fanciful ideas or indulges in wild notions. Obs. exc. arch.
α1598Marston Pygmal. iii. 148 Thou art Bedlam mad..And glori'st to be counted a fantastick. 1621Quarles Div. Poems, Esther (1717) 111 Power..to perverse fantasticks if conferr'd..spurs on wrong. 1706E. Ward Hud. Rediv. (1715) I. vii, The Church-men justly growl to see..that the Force of Toleration..Should set each canting proud Fantastick Above their Courts Ecclesiastick. 1882Shorthouse J. Inglesant II. xv, A Fantastic, whose brain was turned with monkish fancies.
β1630R. Brathwait Eng. Gentl. (1641) 3, I would be glad to weane this Phantasticke from a veine of lightnesse.
fig.1675G. R. tr. Le Grand's Man Without Passion 132 Opinion is the Fountain, this Fantastick which seduceth our understanding, etc.
†2. One given to fine or showy dress; a fop. Obs.
a1613Overbury Charac., A Phantastique, An Improvident young Gallant. 1628Milton Vac. Exerc. 20 Trimming..which takes our late fantastics with delight. a1680Butler Rem. (1759) II. 131 A Fantastic is one that wears his Feather on the Inside of his Head.
†3. A fanciful composition. Obs.
1641G. H. (title), Wits Recreations, Containing..Variety of Fancies and Fantasticks.
†4. Power of fancy or imagination. Obs.
1764Public Advertiser 31 May in N. & Q. 3rd Ser. IV. 385 It [Mozart's playing] surmounts all Fantastic and Imagination.
5. That which is fantastic, strange, eccentric or odd.
1908Daily Chron. 17 Mar. 3/3 The tradition of the fantastic which has clung to the memory of Buckingham. |
