Fan*tas"tic (?), a. [F.
fantastique, fr. Gr. ??????????? able to
represent, fr. ????????? to make visible. See
Fancy.] 1. Existing only in imagination;
fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
2. Having the nature of a phantom;
unreal. Shak.
3. Indulging the vagaries of imagination;
whimsical; full of absurd fancies; capricious; as, fantastic
minds; a fantastic mistress.
4. Resembling fantasies in irregularity,
caprice, or eccentricity; irregular; oddly shaped;
grotesque.
There at the foot of yonder nodding beech,
That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high.
T. Gray.
Syn. -- Fanciful; imaginative; ideal; visionary;
capricious; chimerical; whimsical; queer. See Fanciful.
Fan*tas"tic, n. A person given to
fantastic dress, manners, etc.; an eccentric person; a fop.
Milton.
Our fantastics, who, having a fine watch, take
all ocasions to draw it out to be seen.
Fuller.