I. noun
also phan·ta·sy ˈfan-tə-sē, -zē
( plural -sies )
Etymology: Middle English fantasie — more at fancy
Date: 14th century
1. obsolete : hallucination
2. : fancy ; especially : the free play of creative imagination
3. : a creation of the imaginative faculty whether expressed or merely conceived: as
a. : a fanciful design or invention
b. : a chimerical or fantastic notion
c. : fantasia 1
d. : imaginative fiction featuring especially strange settings and grotesque characters — called also fantasy fiction
4. : caprice
5. : the power or process of creating especially unrealistic or improbable mental images in response to psychological need
an object of fantasy
also : a mental image or a series of mental images (as a daydream) so created
sexual fantasies of adolescence
6. : a coin usually not intended for circulation as currency and often issued by a dubious authority (as a government-in-exile)
II. verb
( -sied ; -sy·ing )
Date: 15th century
: fantasize