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fantast noun [ ˈfantast ]

• an impractical, impulsive person; a dreamer.
• "the accusation was passed to the national press from the mouths of liars and fantasts"
Origin: late 16th century (formerly also as phantast ): originally via medieval Latin from Greek phantastēs ‘boaster’, from phantazein or phantazesthai (see fantastic); in modern use from German Phantast .


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