fan|tas|mo

fan|tas|mo
fan|tas|mo «fan TAZ moh», adjective.
Informal. supremely fantastic: »

The figures that populate his [Richard Condon's] books are…fantasmo embodiments of various sorts of foaming mania (Time). Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, [is] the absolute fantasmo super-pinnacle of academic liberalism (National Review).

[< fantastic + -mo, as in supremo]

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  • fan|tas|ti|cate — «fan TAS tuh kayt», transitive verb, cat|ed, cat|ing. to make fantastic: »Mr. Salmi does not act realistically. He fantasticates an imagined character (New York Times). –fan|tas´ti|ca´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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  • fan|tas|tic — «fan TAS tihk», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. very odd or queer; strange and wild in shape or manner; showing unrestrained fancy: »The firelight cast weird, fantastic shadows on the walls. Come and trip it, as you go, the light fantastic toe (Milton) …   Useful english dictionary

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