fan·ta·sy
(făńtə-sē, -zē)
[Middle English fantasie, fantsy, from Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantasiā, appearance, imagination, from phantazesthai, to appear, from phantos, visible, from phainesthai, to appear.]
noun: pl., -sies.
- The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy. See synonyms at imagination
- Something, such as an invention, that is a creation of the fancy.
- A capricious or fantastic idea; a conceit.
- Fiction characterized by highly fanciful or supernatural elements.
- An example of such fiction.
- An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
- An unrealistic or improbable supposition.
- Music See fantasia
- A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
- Obsolete A hallucination.
transitive verb: -sied, -sy·ing, -sies.
- To imagine; visualize.
fan·ta·sia
(făn-tā́zhə, -zhē-ə, făńtə-zḗə)
[Italian, from Latin phantasia, fantasy; see fantasy.]
noun
Music- A free composition structured according to the composer's fancy. Also called fantasy
- A medley of familiar themes, with variations and interludes.
