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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
phantasy (countable and uncountable, plural phantasies)
Dated form of fantasy.
(psychology) The innate, mental image of an object; the link between instinct and reality.
In psychological writing, the spelling phantasy is often used to differentiate the Kleinian concept, which represents an innate unconscious process, from the related Freudian concept fantasy, which is conscious and deliberate.
Source: Wiktionary
Phan"ta*sy, n.
Definition: See Fantasy, and Fancy.
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.