Definition of fancy Fancy
/fæˈnsi/ - [fansee] - fan•cy
We found 40 definitions of fancy from 7 different sources.
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WordNet
NounPlural: fancies |
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| fancy - a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination | ||
| imaginativeness, imagination, vision the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be" | ||
| fancy - something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy" | ||
| illusion, fantasy, phantasy | ||
| misconception an incorrect conception | ||
| bubble a dome-shaped covering made of transparent glass or plastic | ||
| ignis fatuus, will-o'-the-wisp an illusion that misleads | ||
| fancy - a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey" | ||
| fondness, partiality | ||
| liking a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin" | ||
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| fancy - have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" | ||
| go for, take to | ||
| desire, want feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" | ||
| fancy - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" | ||
| visualize, visualise, envision, project, see, figure, picture, image | ||
| conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" | ||
Adjectivefancy, fancier, fanciest |
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| fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" | ||
| plain lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" | ||
| adorned, decorated provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | ||
| rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" | ||
| aureate, flamboyant, florid having the deep slightly brownish color of gold; "long aureate (or golden) hair"; "a gold carpet" | ||
| churrigueresco, churrigueresque, baroque having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation; "the building...frantically baroque"-William Dean Howells | ||
| fussy, busy crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport" | ||
| dressy in fancy clothing | ||
| crackle having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware; "a crackle glaze" | ||
| damascene (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals; "a damascened sword" | ||
| damask having a woven pattern; "damask table linens" | ||
| elaborate, luxuriant marked by complexity and richness of detail; "an elaborate lace pattern" | ||
| castellated, castled, battlemented, embattled protected with battlements or parapets with indentations or embrasures for shooting through | ||
| fanciful indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" | ||
| fantastic extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" | ||
| lacelike, lacy made of or resembling lace; "a lacy gown"; "a lacy leaf" | ||
| puff, puffed gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves" | ||
| rococo having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; "an exquisite gilded rococo mirror" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fancy (Noun)
The imagination; an imagined image. - fancy (Noun)
A whim. - fancy (Noun)
Love or amorous attachment. - fancy (Noun)
Any sport or hobby pursued by a group. - fancy (Noun)
The enthusiasts of such a pursuit. - fancy (Noun)
A diamond with a distinctive colour. - fancy (Verb)
To appreciate without jealousy or greed. - fancy (Verb)
would like . - fancy (Verb)
To be sexually attracted to. - fancy (Verb)
To imagine, suppose. - fancy (Adjective)
Decorative. - fancy (Adjective)
Of a superior grade. - fancy (Adjective)
Executed with skill. - fancy (Adjective)
Unnecessarily complicated.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fancy (n.)
The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination. - fancy (n.)
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. - fancy (n.)
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. - fancy (n.)
Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. - fancy (n.)
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. - fancy (n.)
A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. - fancy (v. i.)
To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof. - fancy (v. i.)
To love. - fancy (v. t.)
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. - fancy (v. t.)
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. - fancy (v. t.)
To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal). - fancy (a.)
Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods. - fancy (a.)
Extravagant; above real value.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Of a superior grade.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fan′si, n. that faculty of the mind by which it recalls, represents, or makes to appear past images or impressions: an image or representation thus formed in the mind: an unreasonable or capricious opinion: a whim: capricious inclination or liking: taste: (Shak.) love.—adj. pleasing to, or guided by, fancy or caprice: elegant or ornamental.—v.t. to portray in the mind: to imagine: to have a fancy or liking for: to be pleased with: to breed animals:—pr.p. fan′cying; pa.p. fan′cied.—p.adj. Fan′cied, formed or conceived by the fancy: imagined.—n. Fan′cier, one who has a special liking for anything, or who keeps a special article for sale: one who is governed by fancy.—adj. Fan′ciful, guided or created by fancy: imaginative: whimsical: wild.—adv. Fan′cifully.—n. Fan′cifulness.—adj. Fan′ciless, destitute of fancy.—ns. Fan′cy-ball, a ball at which fancy-dresses in various characters are worn; Fan′cy-dress, dress arranged according to the wearer's fancy, to represent some character in history or fiction; Fan′cy-fair, a special sale of fancy articles for some charitable purpose.—adj. Fan′cy-free (Shak.), free from the power of love.—n.pl. Fan′cy-goods, fabrics of variegated rather than simple pattern, applied generally to articles of show and ornament.—n. Fan′cy-mong′er (Shak.), one who deals in tricks of imagination.—adj. Fan′cy-sick (Shak.), of distempered mind, love-sick.—ns. Fan′cy-stitch, a more intricate and decorative stitch than plain-stitch; Fan′cy-stroke (billiards), an unusual stroke, or one made to show off one's skill; Fan′cy-work, ornamental needlework.—The fancy, sporting characters generally, esp. pugilists: pugilism. [Contracted from fantasy.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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Fancy may bolt bran and think it flour.
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