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Fancy
ˈfan(t)si
- elaborate in structure or decoration
"the furniture was very fancy"
ornate decorated embellished adorned ornamented fancy over-elaborate fussy busy ostentatious extravagant showy baroque rococo florid wedding-cake gingerbread- sophisticated or expensive in a way that is intended to impress
"fancy hotels and restaurants"
- (especially of foodstuffs) of high quality
"fancy molasses"
- (of a flower) of two or more colours
"all pelargoniums, from scented-leaf species to fancy hybrids, thrive in hot sunshine"
- (of an animal) bred to develop particular points of appearance
"fancy goldfish"
- (of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the imagination rather than from life
"I used to take a seat and busy myself in sketching fancy vignettes"
- feel a desire or liking for
"do you fancy a drink?"
- find sexually attractive
"I really fancy him"
- have an unduly high opinion of oneself, or of one's ability in a particular area
"two lads behind the counter who fancy themselves"
- regard (a horse, team, or player) as a likely winner
"I fancy him to win the tournament"
- imagine; think
"he fancied he could smell the perfume of roses"
- used to express surprise at something
"fancy meeting all those television actors!"
- a superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction
"this was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by"
- a person or thing that one finds attractive
"people jostled to ride alongside their fancy"
- a favourite in a race or other sporting contest
"the filly is already a leading fancy for next year's races"
- enthusiasts for a sport, especially boxing or racing, considered collectively
"pony carts went round the racecourse loaded with the fancy"
- the faculty of imagination
"he is prone to flights of fancy"
imagination imaginative faculty/power creativity creative faculty/power conception fancifulness inventiveness invention originality ingenuity cleverness wit artistry- an unfounded or tentative belief or idea
"I've a fancy they want to be alone"
- a small iced cake
"chocolate fancies"
- (in 16th and 17th century music) a composition for keyboard or strings in free or variation form