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FANTASTICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fantastical mean? 

FANTASTICAL (adjective)
  The adjective FANTASTICAL has 2 senses:

1. existing in fancy onlyplay

2. ludicrously oddplay

  Familiarity information: FANTASTICAL used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FANTASTICAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Existing in fancy only

Synonyms:

fantastic; fantastical

Context example:

fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel

Similar:

unreal (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria)

Derivation:

fantasy (imagination unrestricted by reality)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Ludicrously odd

Synonyms:

antic; fantastic; fantastical; grotesque

Context example:

a grotesque reflection in the mirror

Similar:

strange; unusual (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird)


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