= fantastic, adj. 4.
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释义 | the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky (33) fantastical1531 = fantastic, adj. 4. odd1577 Of persons, their actions, etc.: strange in behaviour or appearance; peculiar; eccentric; unexpected. eccentric1685 figurative. Regulated by no central control. Of persons and personal attributes: Deviating from usual methods, odd, whimsical. fanaticized1827 cranky1850 Mentally out of gear; crotchety, ‘queer’; subject to whims or ‘cranks’; eccentric or peculiar in notions or behaviour. Cf. crank, n.2 4 5. bee-bonneted1856 having a bee in his bonnet, somewhat crazed. cornery1887 Abounding in corners. Also figurative. screwy1887 colloquial (originally U.S.). Insane, crazy; eccentric; ridiculous. kinky1889 figurative (colloquial) ‘Queer, eccentric, crotchety’ (Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 1860): cf. kink, n.1 2. crankish1892 Somewhat cranky; inclined to cranks. ratty1895 Australian colloquial. Mad, mentally deranged; eccentric; silly; (also) with over (also on, about): infatuated with. batchy1898 = batty, adj.; dotty. batsc1901 Colloquial phrase (to have) bats in the belfry: (to be) crazy or eccentric. Similarly (rare) to take the bats. Hence bats = batty, adj., used esp… batty1903 ‘Balmy’, ‘dotty’. (Cf. bat, n.1 b) colloquial or slang. potty1920 Crazy, mad; out of one's mind; eccentric, ‘dotty’. offbeat1922 colloquial (originally U.S.). Unusual, unconventional; strange, eccentric. off-centre1930 Not quite in the centre; (figurative) not conforming to the expected or the norm; quirky, eccentric, odd. wacky1935 Crazy, mad; odd, peculiar. Of persons. screwball1936 colloquial. Crazy, insane; eccentric. up the creek1941 As part of a river or river-system. up the creek: (a) in a tight corner, in trouble; spec. pregnant; (b) crazy, eccentric. slang. oddball1945 Eccentric, strange; bizarre, peculiar. wackadoo1958 Crazy, mad; eccentric. Cf. wacko, adj. kooky1959 Cranky, crazy, eccentric. wiggy1963 Mad, crazy, ‘freaky’. U.S. slang. flaky1964 slang (originally U.S.). Of a person: liable to act in an odd or eccentric manner (as though exhausted or under the influence of drink or drugs)… nutball1968 Mad, crazy; eccentric. woo-woo1971 Designating a person or group holding beliefs or following practices regarded as unscientific, irrational, or outlandish, esp. ones relating to… wacko1977 Crazy, mad; eccentric. off-kilter1985 Uneven, unbalanced, distorted; (also) unconventional, offbeat, eccentric. wackadoodle1993 = wackadoo, adj. fantastic- Of persons, their actions and attributes. Having a lively imagination; imaginative (obs.). Subcategories:— specific (1) — of things (1) |
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