"fantasie" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /fantaˈsiː(ə)/, /ˈfantasiː(ə)/, /ˈfantəsiː/, /ˈfan(t)siː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía). More at fantasy. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|fantasie}} Borrowed from Old French fantasie, {{der|enm|la|phantasia||an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm}} Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), {{der|enm|grc|φαντασία}} Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} fantasie
  1. the faculty of imagination
    Sense id: en-fantasie-enm-noun-X7Vt~6Jv
  2. something imagined; mental image, conception, notion
    Sense id: en-fantasie-enm-noun-zDLSEifb Categories (other): Pages with entries, Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 8 5 1 1 7 1 6 1 8 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 9 1 7 9 1 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 6 59 5 7 5 5 14
  3. particularly, a deluded or false mental notion, fantasy
    Sense id: en-fantasie-enm-noun-aTlhjpSC
  4. phantom, apparition, illusion
    Sense id: en-fantasie-enm-noun-iJWpoZ2e
  5. (Late Middle English) product of imagination, creative or artistic work Tags: Late-Middle-English
    Sense id: en-fantasie-enm-noun-JSGb0Yo1 Categories (other): Late Middle English
  6. inclination, desire, liking, especially as born of whim rather than reason
    Sense id: en-fantasie-enm-noun-TQ0UcSyj
  7. love or amorous attachment, fancy
    Sense id: en-fantasie-enm-noun-opV1Hads
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fantasye, fantasy, fantasse, fantesy, fantsy, fansey Related terms: fantasien
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