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fan·tast
(făn′tăst′)n.
A visionary; a dreamer.
[German, from Medieval Latin phantasta, from Greek phantastēs, boaster, from phantasiā, imagination; see fantasy.]
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fantast
(ˈfæntæst)n
a dreamer or visionary
[C16: from German Phantast, from Greek phantastēs boaster; English word influenced in meaning by fantastic]
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fan•tast
(ˈfæn tæst)n.
a visionary; dreamer.
[1580–90; < German, variant of Phantast < Greek phantastḗs boaster fantastic]
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