A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1581-1610, 1675
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(Phantastik-,) Phantastical(l, a. [e.m.E. phantastical Fantastical(l (a 1533), f. Phantastika.] a. Irrationally formulated or conceived; unreal. b. Fanciful; extravagant. —1581 Burne Disput. 40 b.
Natural reasons quhilk … are fundin na vther thing bot phantastical captions and illusions 1675 Fountainhall Decis. I. 203.
On such phantastical airy distinctions —c1610 Jok Uplandis Newis 3 a.
Bot everie man to doe and say as his owin phantasticall humores serves him
