FANCIED | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Fancy

Speech Type: Verb

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈfansi
Dialects: British English
Definition:

feel a desire or liking for

Short Definition:

feel desire or liking for

Examples:
  • do you fancy a drink?
Definition:

regard (a horse, team, or player) as a likely winner

Short Definition:

regard as likely winner

Examples:
  • I fancy him to win the tournament
Definition:

imagine; think

Short Definition:

imagine

Examples:
  • he fancied he could smell the perfume of roses
  • he fancied himself as an amateur psychologist

Word: Fancy

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

late Middle English: contraction of fantasy

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈfansi
Dialects: British English
Definition:

elaborate in structure or decoration

Short Definition:

elaborate in structure or decoration

Examples:
  • the furniture was very fancy
  • a fancy computerized system
Definition:

(of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the imagination rather than from life

Short Definition:

created from imagination

Examples:
  • I used to take a seat and busy myself in sketching fancy vignettes

Word: Fancy

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈfansi
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction

Short Definition:

superficial or transient liking

Examples:
  • this was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by
Definition:

the faculty of imagination

Short Definition:

faculty of imagination

Examples:
  • he is prone to flights of fancy
Definition:

a small iced cake

Short Definition:

small iced cake

Examples:
  • chocolate fancies
Definition:

(in 16th and 17th century music) a composition for keyboard or strings in free or variation form.

Short Definition:

musical composition

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