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Ancient Greek
# phaínein **Type:** Etymological root **Language:** Ancient Greek **Slug:** phainein-2 ## Words From This Root - fantastical - imaginative or fanciful; resembling something from fantasy - sycophantic - behaving obsequiously to gain advantage; fawning - fantasist - a person who indulges in or creates fantasies
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fantastical
C2+
/fænˈtæstɪkəl/
imaginative or fanciful; resembling something from fantasy
sycophantic
C2+
/ˌsɪkəˈfæntɪk/
behaving obsequiously to gain advantage; fawning
fantasist
C2+
/ˈfæntəsɪst/
a person who indulges in or creates fantasies
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