fancy
fancy Lexical Profile
fancy Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Elaborate in structure or decoration; ornamental rather than plain or ordinary.
"They reserved a table at a fancy restaurant to celebrate their anniversary."
Of superior quality or grade (especially of commercial foodstuffs or bred animals).
"The recipe calls for a tin of fancy grade Albacore tuna."
• verb
British To feel a desire or liking for something or someone.
"Do you fancy a cup of tea before we head out?"
To imagine, suppose, or believe something without certainty.
"He fancied himself an expert negotiator despite having little formal training."
• noun
A superficial or transient feeling of liking, inclination, or desire; a whim or caprice.
"Buying an antique typewriter was just a passing fancy that she soon forgot."
The faculty of imagination, especially when playful, whimsical, or unrestrained by reality.
"The poet wove together historical facts and flights of fancy in the epic ballad."
British A small, decorative individual sponge cake topped with colourful icing.
"She arranged a platter of pastel fondant fancies for afternoon tea."
• Rhymes for fancy
Word Origin & Etymology
Evolved in late Middle English as a contraction of 'fantasy', deriving from Old French 'fantasie' and ultimately from Ancient Greek 'phantasia', meaning 'appearance' or 'imagination'.