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fanatick

fanatick is the obsolete spelling of fanatic.

Meaning of fanatic

Adjective

fanatic (comparative more fanatic, superlative most fanatic)

  1. Fanatical.
    • But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.1817, Thomas Moore, Lalla Rookh […] , London: Longman […]
  2. (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

See all 3 meanings of fanatic

Forms of fanatick

Adjective
comparativemore fanatick
superlativemost fanatick
Noun
pluralfanaticks

Questions about fanatick

What is fanatick the obsolete spelling of?
Fanatick is the obsolete spelling of fanatic.

Words near fanatick in the dictionary

  1. fanaticization
  2. fanaticize
  3. fanaticized
  4. fanaticizes
  5. fanaticizing
  6. fanatick
  7. fanaticks
  8. fanatics
  9. fanatism
  10. fanback
  11. fanbacks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fanatick (page history and authors); fanatic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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