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fan⋅tast

[fan-tast]
–noun
a visionary or dreamer.
Also, phantast.


Origin:
1580–90; < G, var. of Phantast < Gk phantasts boaster; mod. sense by assoc. with fantastic
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fan·tast   (fān'tāst')   
n.  A visionary; a dreamer.

[German, from Medieval Latin phantasta, from Greek phantastēs, boaster, from phantasiā, imagination; see fantasy.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fan·tast
Pronunciation: 'fan-"tast
Function: noun
: one who indulges in fantasies and daydreaming
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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