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fan·tast

(făn′tăst′)

A visionary; a dreamer.

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

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fantast

(ˈfæntæst)

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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