fantasia
(noun) a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fantasia (plural fantasias)
(music) Form of instrumental composition with free structure and improvisational characteristics.
Any unstructured work.
A traditional festival with exhibitions of horsemanship among the Maghrebi Berbers.
Fantasia (plural Fantasias)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fantasia is the 28380th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 841 individuals. Fantasia is most common among White (92.15%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Fan*ta"si*a, n. Etym: [It. See Fancy.] (Mus.)
Definition: A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
