/fan tay"zheuh, -zhee euh, fan'teuh zee"euh/ , n.
1. Music.
a. a composition in fanciful or irregular form or style.
b. a potpourri of well-known airs arranged with interludes and florid embellishments.
2. fantasy (def. 9).
3. something considered to be unreal, weird, exotic, or grotesque.
[ 1715-25; ]