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English
Etymology
From Italian fantastico (“fantastic”), from Late Latin phantasticus (“imaginary”). Doublet of fantastic and fantastique.
Adjective
fantastico (comparative more fantastico, superlative most fantastico)
- (informal, humorous) fantastic
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fanˈta.sti.ko/
- Rhymes: -astiko
- Hyphenation: fan‧tà‧sti‧co
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus (“imaginary”), from Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós).
Adjective
fantastico (feminine fantastica, masculine plural fantastici, feminine plural fantastiche)
- fantastic (of or pertaining to fantasy)
- fabulous, imaginary, imaginative, fantastic
- (hyperbolic) fantastic, wonderful, great, terrific
- eccentric, outlandish (of people)
- (heraldry) a monster having body parts of different animals
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
fantastico
- first-person singular present indicative of fantasticare
Further reading
- fantastico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana