FANTASY

fantasy, phantasy

(noun) imagination unrestricted by reality; “a schoolgirl fantasy”

illusion, fantasy, phantasy, fancy

(noun) something many people believe that is false; “they have the illusion that I am very wealthy”

fantasy, phantasy

(noun) fiction with a large amount of imagination in it; “she made a lot of money writing romantic fantasies”

fantasy, fantasize, fantasise

(verb) indulge in fantasies; “he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural fantasies)

That which comes from one's imagination.

(literature) The literary genre generally dealing with themes of magic and the supernatural, imaginary worlds and creatures, etc.

A fantastical design.

(slang) The drug gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.

Verb

fantasy (third-person singular simple present fantasies, present participle fantasying, simple past and past participle fantasied)

(literary, psychoanalysis) To fantasize (about).

(obsolete) To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like.

(transitive) To imagine; to conceive mentally.

Source: Wiktionary

Fan"ta*sy, n.; pl. Fantasies. Etym: [See Fancy.]

1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor. Is not this something more than fantasy Shak. A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory. Milton.

2. Fantastic designs. Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.

Fan"ta*sy, v. t.

Definition: To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs.] Cavendish. Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

FANTASY

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