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<hw>Fa*nat"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characteristic of, or relating to, fanaticism; fanatic.</def> -<wordforms><wf>Fa*nat"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fa*nat"ic*al*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fanaticism</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa*nat"i*cism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Fanatism</er>.]</ety> <def>Excessive enthusiasm, unreasoning zeal, or wild and extravagant notions, on any subject, especially religion; religious frenzy.</def><-- and politics, terrorism -->

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Superstition</er>.</syn>

<h1>Fanaticize</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fa*nat"i*cize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fanaticized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fanaticizing</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To cause to become a fanatic.</def>

<h1>Fanatism</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fan"a*tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>fanatisme</ets>. Cf. <er>Fanaticism</er>.]</ety> <def>Fanaticism.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Gibbon.</i>

<h1>Fancied</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fan"cied</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Fancy</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; <as>as, a <ex>fancied</ex> wrong</as>.</def>

<h1>Fancier</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fan"ci*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who is governed by fancy.</def> "Not reasoners, but <i>fanciers</i>."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; <as>as, bird <ex>fancier</ex>, dog <ex>fancier</ex>, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Fanciful</h1> <Xpage=541>

<hw>Fan"ci*ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; <as>as, a <ex>fanciful</ex> man forms visionary projects</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; <as>as, a <ex>fanciful</ex> scheme; a <ex>fanciful</ex> theory.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Curiously shaped or constructed; <as>as, she wore a <ex>fanciful</ex> headdress</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Gather up all <b>fancifullest</b> shells. <i>Keats.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Imaginative; ideal; visionary; capricious; chimerical; whimsical; fantastical; wild.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Fanciful</er>, <er>Fantastical</er>, <er>Visionary</er>. We speak of that as <i>fanciful</i> which is irregular in taste and judgment; we speak of it as <i>fantastical</i> when it becomes grotesque and extravagant as well as irregular; we speak of it as <i>visionary</i> when it is wholly unfounded in the nature of things. <i>Fanciful</i> notions are the product of a heated fancy, without any tems are made up of oddly assorted fancies, aften of the most whimsical kind; <i>visionary</i> expectations are those which can never be realized in fact.</usage>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fan"ci*ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -<wf>Fan"ci*ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<h1>Fanciless</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"*ci*less</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having no fancy; without ideas or imagination.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>A pert or bluff important wight, Whose brain is <b>fanciless</b>, whose blood is white. <i>Armstrong.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fancy</h1> <Xpage=542>

<hw>Fan"cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Fancies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>fantasy</ets>, OF. <ets>fantasie</ets>, <ets>fantaisie</ets>, F. <ets>fantaisie</ets>, L. <ets>phantasia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to make visible, to place before one's mind, fr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ to show; akin to <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/, light, Skr. <ets>bh\'be</ets>to shine. Cf. <er>Fantasy</er>, <er>Fantasia</er>, <er>Epiphany</er>, <er>Phantom</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.</def>