fantastic

/fan-ˈta-stik/

fantastic going back to Middle English fantastik "of imagination as a faculty, produced by the imagination, not real, unfounded, false, supernatural," borrowed from Middle French & Late Latin; Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus "of the imagination, deceptive, imaginary," borrowed from Greek phantastikós "able to produce the appearance of something, resulting from the imagination," from phantast- (stem in nominal derivation corresponding to phantasía "appearance, image, imagination" and phantázein "to make visible, present to the eye or mind, (middle voice) place before one's mind, imagine") + -ikos ; fantastical going back to Middle English fantasticalle, from fantastik + -alle

adjective

  1. based on fantasy : not, real

  2. conceived or seemingly conceived by unrestrained fancy

  3. so extreme as to challenge belief : unbelievable; broadly : exceedingly large or great

fantastic new space and nuclear weapons

fantastic bizarre grotesque mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality. fantastic may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention. bizarre applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination.

noun

  1. eccentric

verb

  1. to catch the foot against something so as to stumble

  2. to make a mistake or false step (as in morality or accuracy)

  3. to dance, skip, or caper with light quick steps