"funtastic" meaning in English

See funtastic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /fʌnˈtæstɪk/ Forms: more funtastic [comparative], most funtastic [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English fun 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) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic blend English funtastic Blend of fun + fantastic. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:blend|fun|fantastic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English fun 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) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. 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  1. (nonstandard) Funly fantastic. Tags: nonstandard
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          "ref": "1960, Eloise M. Jaeger, Harry Leighton, Teaching of Tennis: For School and Recreation Programs, Burgess Publishing, page 58:",
          "text": "The game becomes more “funtastic” if the teacher not only calls out the name of a line or space but adds a novel way of getting there or something novel to do once the players arrive at the designated line or space.",
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          "ref": "2005, Ruth Bushi, Dan Jones, Anthony Leyton, The Push Guide to Which University 2006, Nelson Thomses, →ISBN, page 336:",
          "text": "Comedy: The comedy scene here is funtastic – check out Club Jongleurs and the Leicester Comedy Festival which is the biggest in Britain, attracting over 40,000 people a year.",
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          "ref": "2009, Sydney Salter, Jungle Crossing, Harcourt, →ISBN, pages 16–17:",
          "text": "I turned thirteen the week after school got out (and had a slumber party that even Fiona called “oh-so funtastic”).",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Funly fantastic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Funly",
          "fun#English"
        ],
        [
          "fantastic",
          "fantastic#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard) Funly fantastic."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʌnˈtæstɪk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "funtastic"
}

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