fantasia

Meaning

Noun

• A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
• Any work which is unstructured or comprises other works of different genres or styles.
• A traditional festival of the inhabitants of the Maghreb (in northwest Africa) featuring exhibitions of horsemanship.

Origin

• . Φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς is derived from φᾰντᾰ́ζω, from φαίνω, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-. The English word is a fancy, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.