Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.
Fantastic
Fantastical, like a sick man’s dreams.
—Anonymous
Fantastic … as the sports of a Naiad.
—Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Fantastic as a war-dance.
—Gilbert K. Chesterton
Fantastic as a Chinese weapon.
—Maurice Maeterlinck
Fantastic as a woman’s mood.
—Sir Walter Scott
A fantastic splendor as of Aladdin and Arabian nights.
—Israel Zangwill