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

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