word of the day : fantast
fantast
noun) One whose mind is full of fantastic notions; a person of fantastic ideas, manners, or mode of expression.
Notes
'Fantast' comes from the Greek 'phantastēs,' boaster, and is related to 'fantasy.'
Examples
“In a series of afterhours speeches, Rep. Robert Dornan of California, a fantast of the far right, spun this into a picture of Clinton as a real-life Manchurian Candidate-a man who had prepped for polities under the KGB.”
“One should not reproach the theorist who undertakes such a task by calling him a fantast; instead, one must allow him his fantasizing, since for him there is no other way to his goal whatsoever.”
“The princes of the Italian Renaissance were, of course, notable examples of the rich man as fantast, probably because they had the good sense to seek the skilled
noun) One whose mind is full of fantastic notions; a person of fantastic ideas, manners, or mode of expression.
Notes
'Fantast' comes from the Greek 'phantastēs,' boaster, and is related to 'fantasy.'
Examples
“In a series of afterhours speeches, Rep. Robert Dornan of California, a fantast of the far right, spun this into a picture of Clinton as a real-life Manchurian Candidate-a man who had prepped for polities under the KGB.”
“One should not reproach the theorist who undertakes such a task by calling him a fantast; instead, one must allow him his fantasizing, since for him there is no other way to his goal whatsoever.”
“The princes of the Italian Renaissance were, of course, notable examples of the rich man as fantast, probably because they had the good sense to seek the skilled