单词 | fantastic |
释义 | fantasticadj.n. A. adj. 1. Thesaurus » b. In mod. use, of alleged reasons, fears, etc.: Perversely or irrationally imagined. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > not based on reason hoflesc1175 unreasonablec1384 fantastica1387 disreasonablec1550 reasonless1556 idle1590 alogical1603 groundless1620 irrational1641 unreasonal1650 adoxal1652 irrationable1657 unreasoning1682 untoward1682 unfaceablea1825 aberrational1837 non-rational1859 irrationalistic1910 a bit hot1925 arational1935 α. β. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 481 All those other Phantastick Gods, were nothing but Several Personal Names.1742 E. Young Complaint i. 94 My soul phantastic measures trod O'er fairy fields.a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 279 What is i-seide..of Merlyn has fantastik getynge. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 63 Kyng Arthures body [was founden] þat was i-counted as it were fantastik. 1529 T. More Supplyc. Soulys ii. f. xliiiv, A very fantastyke fable. 1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 11 His fantastique Happiness. 1721 Swift Bubble viii, He longs to rove in that fantastick scene. 1775 J. Harris Philos. Arrangem. viii. 170 A fourth sort..may be called Phantastic, or Imaginary; such as Centaurs. 1816 J. Wilson City of Plague i. i, I could smile at such fantastic terrors. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma vi. 153 His hearers and reporters were sure to verse it on their own fantastic grounds also. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [adjective] fantastic1483 fantasticalc1485 spectrical1609 sprightlya1616 spectrene1652 spectrous1652 shadowy1681 visionary1697 ghostly1753 faerie1767 spectry1796 spectral1816 spectrish1822 apparitional1824 phantasiastic1830 spooky1854 astral1877 α. β. 1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 189 That he had a phantasticke body, not made of his Mothers Flesh.1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 377 The Fruits of Sodom, deceitful Viands, Aery Banquets, Phantastick Food.a1716 R. South Serm. (1741) VII. 16 An aerial phantastic body.1483 Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 19/2 He shewed that he was veryly rysen..by etyng openly, and by no art fantastyke. a1492 Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xlii. f. lxviii/1, [I am] noo thynge fantastyque, but a sparcle of fyre, Asshes, and flesshe. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor Diana 127 A meere dreame, or some fantastick illusion. a1625 J. Fletcher Rule a Wife (1640) iv. 52 Is not this a phantastick house we are in, And all a dreame we doe. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 198 One will allow of his humanity..another will allow a divine soul with a fantastick body. a. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [adjective] imaginativea1398 fantastic1483 imaginarya1500 fantastical1526 imaginal1638 imaginant1840 imaginational1856 1483 Caxton tr. Caton F viij b, By cogytacyon or thynkyng fantastyke and by illusyon of the deuyll. 1599 J. Davies Nosce Teipsum 47 [Phantasie] in her Ballance doth their values trie, Where some things good, & som things il do seeme..in her phantasticke eye. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Pref. ⁋43 There is as much phantasticke pleasure in doing a spite, as in doing revenge. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 29 The different Phancies in us, caused by the respective Differences of them..Which Phancies or Phantastick Idea's are [etc.]. 1793 T. Taylor tr. Sallust On the Gods viii. 38 The irrational soul..is sensitive and phantastic life. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > other aspects or elements > [adjective] > concerned with fantasy fantastica1586 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. H2, 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. 1669 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. I iii. i. 18 Phantastic Poesie is that, which altogether feigns things. 4. Of persons, their actions and attributes: Thesaurus » Categories » b. Fanciful, impulsive, capricious, arbitrary; also, foppish in attire. Now in stronger sense: Extravagantly fanciful, odd and irrational in behaviour. ΚΠ α. β. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill A iij b, He that talking of a young gentleman, shoulde say, that he was phantasticke, cholericke, amorous..doth hym no wrong.1702 R. Steele Funeral ii. 31, I have long..Bore with your Phantastick humour.1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xix. sig. Dvv/2, Whether he haue a sadde knowyng or felinge, or elles a soden wytte or fantastyk. a1616 Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. vii. 47 To be fantastique, may become a youth Of greater time then I shall shew to be. View more context for this quotation 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 1 Let no fantastique Reader now condemne Our homely Muse. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 577 The..fantastique Directions of ignorant Physitians. c1760 T. Smollett Ode to Independence 100 And all her jingling bells fantastic Folly ring. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 312 The fantastick vagaries of these juvenile politicians. View more context for this quotation 1850 R. W. Emerson Montaigne in Representative Men iv. 180 Great believers are always reckoned..impracticable, fantastic, atheistic. 5. Arbitrarily devised. Now rare. Cf. fancy adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical > marked or characterized by capriciousness fantastical1531 feathery1601 fantasticala1618 arbitrary1646 fancy1646 whimmed1654 fantastic1658 volatile1661 vagarious1827 1658 J. Bramhall Consecr. Bps. iii. 29 They say..the..Protestant Bishops..were consecrated..by a new phantastick forme. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles i. 110 Phantastic and capricious miracles. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. xxvi. 396 Occasionally fantastic variations of well-known inscriptions occur. 6. a. Having the appearance of being devised by extravagant fancy; eccentric, quaint, or grotesque in design, conception, construction, or adornment. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adjective] impertinenta1425 royeta1522 absurd1531 preposterous1533 ridiculous1533 deaf?1541 monstrous?1549 fabulous1561 fanatical1598 fantastical1600 laughable1600 fantasticc1616 nonsense1621 arsy-versy1628 absonous1642 nonsensical1645 ridicule?1669 fancical1671 grotesque1747 rich1836 saugrenu1876 laughsome1884 cockeyed1894 hilarious1925 Rube Goldberg1928 whimsy-whamsy1931 Rube Goldbergian1933 cockamamie1941 fantasticated1960 fanciful- the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [adjective] > excessively ornamented garish1587 fantasticc1616 scrolloping1923 pansified1929 α. β. 1618 G. Wither Wither's Motto Each phantastique Garb our Gallants weare.a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 242 Written in such an affected and phantastick stile.c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) iii. 1078 Drusus, that fashion-imitating ape, Delights to follow each fantastique shape. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame iii, in Wks. (1757) I. 107 The masquerade's fantastic scene! 1751 T. Gray Elegy xxvi. 10 Yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 221 Vaulted halls adorned with the usual fantastic arches. 1856 A. P. Stanley Sinai & Palestine (1858) i. 30 The Arab traditions..are too fantastic to be treated seriously. 1871 B. Taylor tr. Goethe Faust I. vi. 133 (stage direct.) [The Witch] with fantastic gestures draws a circle. 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. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > style or manner of dancing > [adjective] capering1595 fantastic1645 braided1747 gymnopaedic1850 cheek to cheek1909 heelwork1931 twinkle-toed1960 the world > movement > bodily movement > [adjective] > qualities of bodily movement > agile or nimble lightOE quiverOE yepec1275 taitc1300 yap13.. delivera1375 swippera1387 wight1390 nimblea1400 yarea1400 yerna1400 smitherc1475 leger1483 agilea1500 liver1530 lightsome1567 wimble1579 nimble jointed1591 nimble shifting1591 agilious1599 nimbling1599 nimble spirited1611 expedite1612 fitchanta1616 airy1642 fantastic1645 volant1650 clever1691 light-limbed1695 spry1746 swack1768 swank1786 yauld1787 deliverly1820 slippy1847 nippy1849 springe1859 pantherish1869 pantherine1890 flippant1895 loose1907 Tarzanesque1933 Tarzan-like1943 1645 Milton L'Allegro in Poems 31 Trip it as ye go On the light fantastick toe. a1790 T. Warton Ode Approach of Summer 59 Haste thee, Nymph! and hand in hand..Bring fantastic-footed Joy. 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. xv. 324 Mr. St. Ledger..prided himself..on his light fantastic toe. 7. In trivial use: excellent, good beyond expectation. colloq. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective] faireOE bremea1000 goodlyOE goodfulc1275 noblec1300 pricec1300 specialc1325 gentlec1330 fine?c1335 singulara1340 thrivena1350 thriven and throa1350 gaya1375 properc1380 before-passinga1382 daintiful1393 principala1398 gradelya1400 burlyc1400 daintyc1400 thrivingc1400 voundec1400 virtuousc1425 hathelc1440 curiousc1475 singlerc1500 beautiful1502 rare?a1534 gallant1539 eximious1547 jolly1548 egregious?c1550 jellyc1560 goodlike1562 brawc1565 of worth1576 brave?1577 surprising1580 finger-licking1584 admirablea1586 excellinga1586 ambrosial1598 sublimated1603 excellent1604 valiant1604 fabulous1609 pure1609 starryc1610 topgallant1613 lovely1614 soaringa1616 twanging1616 preclarent1623 primea1637 prestantious1638 splendid1644 sterling1647 licking1648 spankinga1666 rattling1690 tearing1693 famous1695 capital1713 yrare1737 pure and —1742 daisy1757 immense1762 elegant1764 super-extra1774 trimming1778 grand1781 gallows1789 budgeree1793 crack1793 dandy1794 first rate1799 smick-smack1802 severe1805 neat1806 swell1810 stamming1814 divine1818 great1818 slap-up1823 slapping1825 high-grade1826 supernacular1828 heavenly1831 jam-up1832 slick1833 rip-roaring1834 boss1836 lummy1838 flash1840 slap1840 tall1840 high-graded1841 awful1843 way up1843 exalting1844 hot1845 ripsnorting1846 clipping1848 stupendous1848 stunning1849 raving1850 shrewd1851 jammy1853 slashing1854 rip-staving1856 ripping1858 screaming1859 up to dick1863 nifty1865 premier cru1866 slap-bang1866 clinking1868 marvellous1868 rorty1868 terrific1871 spiffing1872 all wool and a yard wide1882 gorgeous1883 nailing1883 stellar1883 gaudy1884 fizzing1885 réussi1885 ding-dong1887 jim-dandy1888 extra-special1889 yum-yum1890 out of sight1891 outasight1893 smooth1893 corking1895 large1895 super1895 hot dog1896 to die for1898 yummy1899 deevy1900 peachy1900 hi1901 v.g.1901 v.h.c.1901 divvy1903 doozy1903 game ball1905 goodo1905 bosker1906 crackerjack1910 smashinga1911 jake1914 keen1914 posh1914 bobby-dazzling1915 juicy1916 pie on1916 jakeloo1919 snodger1919 whizz-bang1920 wicked1920 four-star1921 wow1921 Rolls-Royce1922 whizz-bang1922 wizard1922 barry1923 nummy1923 ripe1923 shrieking1926 crazy1927 righteous1930 marvy1932 cool1933 plenty1933 brahmaa1935 smoking1934 solid1935 mellow1936 groovy1937 tough1937 bottler1938 fantastic1938 readyc1938 ridge1938 super-duper1938 extraordinaire1940 rumpty1940 sharp1940 dodger1941 grouse1941 perfecto1941 pipperoo1945 real gone1946 bosting1947 supersonic1947 whizzo1948 neato1951 peachy-keen1951 ridgey-dite1953 ridgy-didge1953 top1953 whizzing1953 badass1955 wild1955 belting1956 magic1956 bitching1957 swinging1958 ridiculous1959 a treat1959 fab1961 bad-assed1962 uptight1962 diggish1963 cracker1964 marv1964 radical1964 bakgat1965 unreal1965 pearly1966 together1968 safe1970 bad1971 brilliant1971 fabby1971 schmick1972 butt-kicking1973 ripper1973 Tiffany1973 bodacious1976 rad1976 kif1978 awesome1979 death1979 killer1979 fly1980 shiok1980 stonking1980 brill1981 dope1981 to die1982 mint1982 epic1983 kicking1983 fabbo1984 mega1985 ill1986 posho1989 pukka1991 lovely jubbly1992 awesomesauce2001 nang2002 bess2006 amazeballs2009 boasty2009 daebak2009 beaut2013 1938 M. Allingham Fashion in Shrouds xi. 175 Oh, Val, isn't it fantastic?..It's amazing, isn't it? 1971 New Statesman 5 Feb. 176/3 A friend tells me of a recent experience..which really does rate that over-worked adjective, fantastic. 1973 Brand New Monty Python Papperbok (1986) 27 For the past seventeen weeks Janet has been on a fantastic package tour to Malaga. 1987 Los 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person dreamera1425 fantast1588 fantastical1589 fantastic1598 maggot-monger1607 Sabine1610 maggot-patea1640 wham1691 whim1712 visionarya1719 imaginariana1729 ideologue1815 ideologist1818 fancier1828 idealist1829 abstractionist1844 phantasist1864 dreamsmith1873 luftmensch1902 cuckoo-lander1916 fantasist1923 pie-in-the-skyer1973 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person fantastical1589 fantastic1598 earwig brain1599 extravagant1627 fanatic1644 energumen1660 original1675 toy-pate1702 gig1777 quiz1780 quoz?1780 rum touch1800 crotcheteer1815 pistol1828 eccentric1832 case1833 originalist1835 cure1856 crotchet-monger1874 curiosity1874 crank1881 crackpot1883 faddist1883 schwärmer1884 hard case1892 finger1899 mad hatter1905 nut1908 numéro1924 screwball1933 wack1938 fruitcake1942 odd bod1942 oddball1943 ghoster1953 raver1959 kook1960 flake1968 woo-woo1972 zonky1972 wacko1977 headbanger1981 α. β. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 6, I would be glad to weane this Phantasticke from a veine of lightnesse.fig.1675 G. R. tr. A. Le Grand Man without Passion 132 Opinion is the Fountain, this Fantastick which seduceth our understanding, etc.1598 J. Marston Certaine Satyres in Metamorph. Pigmalions Image 52 Thou art Bedlam mad..And glori'st to be counted a fantastick. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa in Divine Poems (1717) 111 Power..to perverse fantasticks if conferr'd..spurs on wrong. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. v. 8 The Church-men justly growl to see..that the Force of Toleration..Should set each canting, proud Fantastick Above their Courts Ecclesiastick. 1882 J. H. Shorthouse John Inglesant II. xv, A Fantastic, whose brain was turned with monkish fancies. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy popa1500 miniona1513 prick-me-daintya1529 puppy?1544 velvet-coat1549 skipjack1554 coxcomb1567 musk cat?1567 physbuttocke1570 Adonis?1571 Adon1590 foretop1597 musk-cod1600 pretty fellow1600 sparkc1600 spangle-baby1602 flash1605 barber-monger1608 cocoloch1610 dapperling1611 fantastica1613 feather-cock1612 trig1612 jack-a-dandy?1617 gimcrack1623 satinist1639 powder puffa1653 fop1676 prig1676 foplinga1681 cockcomb1684 beau garçona1687 shape1688 duke1699 nab1699 smirk1699 beau1700 petty master1706 moppet1707 Tom Astoner1707 dapper1709 petit maître1711 buck1725 toupee1727 toupet1728 toupet-man1748 jemmy1753 jessamy1753 macaroni1764 majoc1770 monkeyrony1773 dandyc1780 elegant1780 muscadin1794 incroyable1797 beauty man1800 bang-up1811 natty1818 ruffian1818 exquisite1819 heavy swell1819 marvellous1819 bit of stuff1828 merveilleux1830 fat1832 squirt1844 dandyling1846 ineffable1859 guinea pig1860 Dundreary swell1862 masher1872 dude1877 mash1879 dudette1883 dand1886 heavy gunner1890 posh1890 nut1904 smoothie1929 fancy-pants1930 saga boy1941 fancy Dan1943 a1613 T. Overbury Characters A Phantastique, An Improvident young Gallant. 1673 Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 64 Triming..Which takes our late fantasticks with delight. a1680 S. Butler Genuine Remains (1759) II. 131 A Fantastic is one that wears his Feather on the Inside of his Head. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] phantoma1375 fantasyc1440 conceitc1450 fancy1471 crotchet1573 whim-wham1580 vision1592 reverie1602 whimsy1607 windmill1612 brainworm1617 maggota1625 vapour1631 flama1637 fantastic1641 idea1660 whim1697 rockstaff1729 whigmaleery1730 vagary1753 freak1785 whimsy-whamsy1807 crankum1822 whimmery1837 1641 G. H. (title) Wits recreations, containing..variety of fancies and fantasticks. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > [noun] sightc1175 thoughtc1175 imagination1340 thinking1340 conceptiona1387 imaginativea1398 phantasm1490 concept1536 fetch1549 conceit1556 conceiving1559 fancy1581 notion1647 fantastic1764 ideality1815 ideoplasty1884 phantastikon1917 1764 Public Advertiser 31 May in N. & Q. (1863) 3rd Ser. IV. 385 It [Mozart's playing] surmounts all Fantastic and Imagination. 5. That which is fantastic, strange, eccentric or odd. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > strangeness > that which is strange strangenessa1566 fantastic1908 1908 Daily Chron. 17 Mar. 3/3 The tradition of the fantastic which has clung to the memory of Buckingham. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2014). < adj.n.a1387 |
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