Fancy - Definition

fancy

adj 1: not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting";
"fancy clothes" [ant: plain]
n 1: something many people believe that is false; "they have the
illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion,
fantasy, phantasy, fancy]
2: a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more
casual and superficial than true imagination
3: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for
whiskey" [syn: fondness, fancy, partiality]
v 1: 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" [syn: visualize, visualise,
envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture,
image]
2: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied
a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" [syn:
fancy, go for, take to]

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