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fan·ta·sia 
[fan-tey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, fan-tuh-zee-uh] Pronunciation Key
[fan-tey-zhuh, -zhee-uh, fan-tuh-zee-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Music.
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| 2. | fantasy (def. 9). |
| 3. | something considered to be unreal, weird, exotic, or grotesque. |
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| fan·ta·sia
(fān-tā'zhə, -zhē-ə, fān'tə-zē'ə) Pronunciation Key
n. Music
[Italian, from Latin phantasia, fantasy; see fantasy.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
fantasia
fantasia
"musical composition that sounds extemporaneous," 1724, from It. fantasia, from L. phantasia (see fantasy).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| fantasia | |
noun | |
| a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating several familiar themes |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Fantasia
Fan*ta"si*a\, n. [It. See Fancy.] (Mus.) A continuous composition, not divided into what are called movements, or governed by the ordinary rules of musical design, but in which the author's fancy roves unrestricted by set form.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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