fantastical
/fænˈtæstɪkəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
noun
Something that is fantastical.
Example Sentences
- "On New Year's day our borough witnessed a parade of the fantasticals — the immediate body guard of the lately elected redoubtable Col. Sheffler."
- "(see title)"
- "A Family of Fantasticals"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic English -al English fantastical From fantastic + -al.
Inflected Forms
more fantastical (comparative)
most fantastical (superlative)
phantastical (alternative, archaic)
phantasticall (alternative, obsolete)
fantasticals (plural)