ideal, ideall

& s. [Fr. idéal, from Lat. ideal is, from idea.] A. As adjective : 1. Existing in idea; intellectual; mental; not perceived by the senses. "A breast that needed not ideal woe." Byron : Lara , i. 14. identify I-de-al-ist, s. [Eng. ideal ; -ist.] 1. A supporter of the doctrine of idealism. "Berkeley was sincerely and bona fide an ideatist ." Stewart: Philosoph . E ays , No. iv., ch. i. 2. One who indulges in flights of fancy or imagination. ( Ann andale .)