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A Phanatick
A Phanatick [phanaticus (L.) of ζαíνι (Gr.) to appear] a visionary, one who fancies or thinks he sees spectres, spirits, apparitions, or
other imaginary objects, even when awake, and takes them to be real; also one who
pretends to revelations and new fights; hence the word is apply’d to entusiasts; and
also to dissenters from the establish’d Church of England.
Definition taken from
The Universal Etymological English Dictionary,
edited by Nathan Bailey (1736)
Phanaˊtical *
Phoeniˊgmus