fantastical

Words with a similar base: fantastical

'fantastical'

[fantastic.s.04] as in: existing in fancy only; - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Examples:
fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel

'fantastical'

[antic.s.01] as in: ludicrously odd

Examples:
Hamlet's assumed antic disposition
fantastic Halloween costumes
a grotesque reflection in the mirror

Origins

					fantastical (English)
├── -al (English)
└── fantastic (English)
    ├── -ic (English)
    │   └── -ique (French)
    │       └── -icus (Dutch)
    └── fantasy (English)
        └── fantasie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
            └── phantasia (Latin)
                └── φαντασία (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
                    └── φαντάζω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
                        └── φαίνω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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