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单词 fantast
释义

fantast

or phan·tast

[ fan-tast ]
/ ˈfæn tæst /

noun

a visionary or dreamer.

Origin of fantast

1580–90; <German, variant of Phantast<Greek phantastḗs boaster; modern sense by association with fantastic

Words nearby fantast

fantasied, fantasist, fantasize, fantasm, fantasmagoria, fantast, fantastic, fantastically, fantasticate, fantastico, fantasy
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Example sentences from the Web for fantast

  • He has himself a good deal of the fantast again, but with a better basis of solidity beneath it.

    History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
  • Besides plays, now unreadable, he wrote two long novels and a number of short tales, which all bear witness to the fantast in him.

    Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes
  • The epithet "fantast" may be equally suitably applied to Brentano.

    Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. II (of 6): The Romantic School in Germany|Georg Brandes

British Dictionary definitions for fantast

fantast
/ (ˈfæntæst) /

noun

a dreamer or visionary

Word Origin for fantast

C16: from German Phantast, from Greek phantastēs boaster; English word influenced in meaning by fantastic
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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