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Definition of Fantasticalness
1. n. The quality of being fantastic.
Definition of Fantasticalness
1. Noun. The state or condition of being fantastical. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fantasticalness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fantasticalness
Literary usage of Fantasticalness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Modern Philosophy: A Sketch of the History of Philosophy from by Harald Høffding (1908)
"Kierkegaard regarded this doctrine as pure fantasticalness—a fantasticalness, to
be sure, to which he himself had felt attracted. ..."
2. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"But this fantasticalness relates more to propriety of speech, than reality of ideas.
For a man to be undisturbed in danger, sedately to consider what is ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1905)
"There is a fantasticalness about the "sir or madam,"and things of the sort, which
is ludicrous, unless there is a specified insanity to justify the straws. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"... and fantasticalness so conspicuous in his work, and a more serene beauty, they
are not the less witness to the power of the poems they enrich. ..."
5. Daniel Defoe: His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings ; Extending from by Lee, William, Daniel Defoe (1869)
"... I leave you to judge, as also if Solidity and sound Reasoning can be conjoined
with Gaiety,—I should say, Fantasticalness, and unlimited Love. ..."
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