Results for fancy
Definitions of fancy:
part of speech: present participle
Fancying.
part of speech: noun
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.
part of speech: adjective
part of speech: adjective
Ornamental; not plain; based on imagination; elegant; above actual worth; as, a fancy price.
part of speech: verb
To figure to one's self; to imagine; to like; to be pleased with.
part of speech: noun
Idea; imagination; notion; liking; caprice; pet pursuit.
part of speech: adjective
Pleasing to, or guided by fancy or caprice.
part of speech: verb transitive
To imagine; take a liking to; be pleased with.
part of speech: noun
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.
part of speech: past tense, past participle
part of speech: verb intransitive
To imagine something without proof or grounds for so doing; suppose.
part of speech: verb transitive
To portray in the mind; to imagine; to have a fancy or liking for; to be pleased with; - pr. p. fancying; pa. p. fancied.
Usage examples for fancy:
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I have seen them in it in fancy in that very house; and myself with them, my home when I please.
"Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles", Mrs. Henry Wood -
You made him fancy himself a General!
"La Vendée An Historical Romance", Anthony Trollope -
No, it was only fancy
"The Everlasting Arms", Joseph Hocking -
I can fancy I hear it; do take me to see it.
"The Cuckoo Clock", Mrs. Molesworth