fantasticize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make fantastic; to use the imagination to embellish.
    — By fantasticizing death we deny it once again.
  2. Synonym of fantasize.
    — The people of the town gave the matter a lot of thought, really "fantasticized" over it for a long time, and finally decided to open the cabaret on the right corner of the Promenade.

词形变化

fantasticizes present,singular,third-person fantasticizing participle,present fantasticized participle,past fantasticized past fantasticise alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Ancient Greek -τις (-tis)
Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)
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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
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Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós)
Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor.
Late Latin phantasticusbor.
Middle French fantastiquebor.
English fantastic
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English fantasticize
From fantastic + -ize.
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