ˈphantastry
(ˈfæntæstrɪ)
Also 8 fantastry.
[f. fantast, phantast + -ry.]
a. Fantastic display or show; ostentation, affectation. Also concr. Showy trappings. b. Visionary delusion. c. Illusory character, deceptiveness.
| 1656 H. More Enthus. Tri. §47. 47 This strong spirit of Phantastrie..breaths in Paracelsus his books. 1670 Glanvill Way Happiness iv. §3. 139 The indiscretions..of some preachers, the phantastry and vain babble of others. a 1677 Barrow Serm. (1686) III. 429 There shall they stand bare and devested of all their phantastry. 1678 Cudworth Intell. Syst. 47 There is something in us superiour to Sense, which judges of it, detects its Phantastry, and condemns its Imposture. 1710 R. Ward Life H. More 28 Fantastry and Levity..is so much seen to abound amongst us. Ibid. 51 Against Fantastry and Enthusiasm it self. 1870 Contemp. Rev. XIII. 1 It [sc. the Church] must have its pomp and phantastry, its tributes and taxes. 1922 Hardy Late Lyrics 72 So white her drape..I could not guess what phantastry it meant. |