Fancy
['fænsɪ] or ['fænsi]
Definition
(noun.) a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination.
(verb.) have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; 'She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window'.
(adj.) not plain; decorative or ornamented; 'fancy handwriting'; 'fancy clothes' .
Typist: Marietta--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
(n.) An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
(n.) An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
(n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
(n.) That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
(n.) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
(v. i.) To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
(v. i.) To love.
(v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
(v. t.) To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
(v. t.) To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
(a.) Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.
(a.) Extravagant; above real value.
Typist: Marcus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Imagination (as exercised in sportive or whimsical moods).[2]. Notion, idea, thought, conception, conceit, impression, apprehension.[3]. Liking, fondness, inclination, PENCHANT, taste.[4]. Caprice, humor, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, whimsey, maggot, fantasy, odd fancy.
v. n. Imagine, think, suppose, believe, take it into one's head.
v. a. [1]. Conceive, imagine, form a conception of, figure to one's self.[2]. Like, be pleased with, have a fancy for.
a. [1]. Imaginative, of the fancy.[2]. Ornamental (rather than useful), elegant, fine, nice.
Checked by Cordelia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Thought, belief, idea, supposition, imagination, caprice, notion, conceit,vagary, inclination, whim, humor, predilection, desire
ANT:Object, subject, fact, reality, order, law, truth, system, verity, aversion,horror, Fantastic,[See FANCIFUL]
Typed by Emile
Definition
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.
Checker: Vivian
Examples
- Reply: I fancy, though we never met, that you and I are in fact acquainted, and understand each other perfectly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I fancy I am rather a favourite; he took notice of my gown. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Poor Rosamond's vagrant fancy had come back terribly scourged--meek enough to nestle under the old despised shelter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He said as much in our short interview, and I fancy that he meant it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I sometimes have sick fancies, she went on, and I have a sick fancy that I want to see some play. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Her surprise increased with her indifference: he almost fancied that she suspected him of being tainted with foreignness. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Elinor sighed over the fancied necessity of this; but to a man and a soldier she presumed not to censure it. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Hanging about the doorway (I fancied,) were slouchy Pompeiian street-boys uttering slang and profanity, and keeping a wary eye out for checks. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As it was, you would have fancied he was a flourishing, large parson of the Church of England. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- At first they were very cheerful and talked much; but after a while, Bella fancied that her husband was turning somewhat thoughtful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Evelyn was the only mirthful creature present: he sat on Clara's lap; and, making matter of glee from his own fancies, laughed aloud. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I sometimes have sick fancies, she went on, and I have a sick fancy that I want to see some play. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Her simple little fancies shrank away tremulously, as fairies in the story-books, before a superior bad angel. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You are desperate, full of fancies, and wilful; and you misunderstand. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I used to call the fire at home, her books, for she was always full of fancies--sometimes quite wise fancies, considering--when she sat looking at it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- How could we help fancying it was the right way out? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- How I could so long a time be fancying myself! Jane Austen. Emma.
- I inquired, fancying that I had discovered in the incurable grief of bereavement, a key to that same aged lady's desperate ill-humour. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The check was handed back to him, and Edison, fancying for a moment that in some way he had been cheated, went outside to the large steps to let the cold sweat evaporate. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It puzzles me now to remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, half fancying it alive and capable of sensation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- By the by; you were quite a pigeon-fancier. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I am somewhat of a fowl fancier, and I have seldom seen a better grown goose. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A bird-fancier's? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Few would readily believe in the natural capacity and years of practice requisite to become even a skilful pigeon-fancier. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The human being is regarded with the eye of a dog- or bird-fancier, or at best of a slave-owner; the higher or human qualities are left out. Plato. The Republic.
Edited by Hilda