FANCY
\fˈansi], \fˈansi], \f_ˈa_n_s_i]\
Definitions of FANCY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
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something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
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not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
By Princeton University
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have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
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something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
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not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
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An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
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Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
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That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
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A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
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To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
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To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
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To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
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To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
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Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.
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Extravagant; above real value.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
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An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
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Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
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That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
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A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
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To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
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To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
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To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
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To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
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Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.
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Extravagant; above real value.
By Noah Webster.
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To imagine; take a liking to; be pleased with.
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To imagine something without proof or grounds for so doing; suppose.
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Ornamental; not plain; based on imagination; elegant; above actual worth; as, a fancy price.
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Idea; imagination; notion; liking; caprice; pet pursuit.
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Fancied.
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Fancying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.
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Pleasing to, or guided by fancy or caprice.
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To portray in the mind; to imagine; to have a fancy or liking for; to be pleased with; -pr.p. fancying; pa.p. fancied.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To suppose; conceive in the fancy; have a notion of; form a fancy; imagine; take a liking to.
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Pertaining to or proceeding from fancy.
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The power or act of forming mental images at random; imagination in its lower form.
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A visionary notion; vagary.
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A liking; that which one likes; a pet pursuit; hobby; fad.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Merely pleasing to the taste or fancy.
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The faculty which the mind has of forming to itself images or representations of things at pleasure, often synonymous with imagination; fantasy; the resulting image or representation; an opinion or notion; taste; conception; inclination; liking; conceit; whim; something that pleasea or entertains without real use or value.
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To portray in the mind; to conceive a liking for; to be pleased with. The fancy, sporting characters.
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To believe or suppose.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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An image or representation formed in the mind at pleasure, but not always connected with reason or practicability; a false notion; a liking; a conceit or whim.
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Elegant; ornamental.
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To figure to one's self; to imagine; to like; to be pleased with.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Greek] Imagination; conceptive faculty; idealization; — power by which the mind forms to itself images or representations of outward things, persons, or scenes;—mental power of recalling and reproducing images or ideas; — faculty of expressing such images or ideas in literary or artistic form; taste;—notion; inclination; liking whim; caprice; humour; —a vain or false idea;—something that pleases or entertains without real value.
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Imagination, the power by which the mind forms to itself images and representations; an opinion bred rather by the imagination than the reason; inclination, liking; caprice, humour, whim; frolick, idle scheme, vagary.
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To imagine, to believe without being able to prove.
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To pourtray in the mind, to imagine; to like, to be pleased with.
By Thomas Sheridan