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18 words match “FANTASTICAL”

FANTASTICAL a.
Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.
FANTASTICALITY n.
Fantastically. [Obs.]
FANTASTICALLY adv.
In a fantastic manner. the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom. Hawthorne.
APISH a.
Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling. The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott.
ARABESQUE n.
nts, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
BAUBLE n.
club. [Obs.] "A fool's bauble was a short stick with a head ornamented with an ass's ears fantastically carved upon it." Nares.
CALENDER n.
One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.
FANTASTICISM n.
The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality. Ruskin.
FANTASTICLY adv.
Fantastically. [Obs.]
FANTASTICNESS n.
Fantasticalness. [Obs.]
FOOL n.
folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments. Can they think me . . . their fool or jester Milton. April fool, Court fool, etc. See under April, Court, etc. -- Fool's cap, a cap or hood to which bells were usually attac…
HORSY a.
taining to, or suggestive of, a horse, or of horse racing; as, horsy manners; garments of fantastically horsy fashions. [Colloq.]
INCREDULOUS a.
sposed to admit or accept that which is related as true, skeptical; unbelieving. Bacon. A fantastical incredulous fool. Bp. Wilkins.
JAUNTY a.
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
KICKSHAWS n.
Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak.
PRINK v.
To prank or dress up; to deck fantastically. "And prink their hair with daisies." Cowper.
SKIP v.
would he skip and play Pope. So she drew her mother away skipping, dancing, and frisking fantastically. Hawthorne.
TRICK v.
To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. " Trick her off in air." Pope. People lavish it profusely in tricking up their children in fine clothes, and yet starve their minds. Locke. They are simple, but majestic, records of the feelings of the poet; as little trick…