fancy

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fancy

She wore a fancy dress to the party.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Elaborate or decorative, not plain: Describes something that is ornamental, intricate, or more elaborate than the ordinary version.
    • Imagined or whimsical: Relating to the imagination or capricious ideas.

  2. Noun:

    • A feeling of liking or desire: A transient liking or inclination for something or someone.
    • The faculty of imagination: The power of the mind to create images or ideas, often in a light, playful, or capricious way.
    • A capricious notion or whim: A sudden, often illogical, thought or desire.

  3. Verb:

    • To feel a desire for or take a liking to: To want something or find someone attractive.
    • To imagine or believe something, often without strong evidence: To suppose or think, sometimes in a whimsical or unrealistic way.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • She wore a fancy dress covered in lace and ribbons to the party.
    • The bakery sells fancy cakes with intricate sugar flowers.

  • Noun:

    • He took a fancy to the idea of learning the violin.
    • Her stories are full of whimsy and fancy.
    • I had a sudden fancy for a cup of hot chocolate.

  • Verb:

    • Do you fancy going to the cinema tonight?
    • He fancied himself a great artist, though he had never sold a painting.
Advanced Usage

  • "To fancy oneself (as)...": To have a (sometimes unjustifiably) high opinion of one's own abilities or status in a particular role.

    • He fancies himself as a comedian, but his jokes aren't very funny.

  • "To tickle one's fancy": To appeal to someone's imagination or sense of whimsy; to attract or amuse someone.

    • The unusual antique shop really tickled her fancy.
Variants and Related Words

  • Fanciful (adj): Over-imaginative or unrealistic; existing only in the imagination.

    • She told fanciful tales about dragons and fairies.

  • Fancier (n): A person with a special interest and expertise in something, especially a breed of animal or plant.

    • He is a well-known pigeon fancier.

  • Fancied (adj): Imagined or believed, often without foundation.

    • Their fancied grievances caused unnecessary conflict.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Ornate, decorative, elaborate, intricate.
  • Noun: Whim, caprice, inclination, fondness, imagination.
  • Verb: Desire, like, wish for, imagine, suppose.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
  • Fancy up: To make something more decorative or elaborate.
    • We need to fancy up the room before the guests arrive.
Related Idioms

  • "Flight of fancy": An idea or plan that is imaginative but unrealistic or impractical.

    • His plan to build a castle in the backyard was just a flight of fancy.

  • "Fancy-free": Free from commitments, especially romantic ones; carefree.

    • After graduation, she was young and fancy-free, ready to travel the world.
fancy

She wore a fancy dress to the party.

Adjective
  1. not plain; decorative or ornamented
    • fancy handwriting
    • fancy clothes
Noun
  1. a predisposition to like something
    • he had a fondness for whiskey
  2. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
  3. something many people believe that is false
    • they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
Verb
  1. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
    • She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
  2. 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

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