| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To love or adore.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To fantasy or daydream. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To tinsel.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb fancy.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fancy) | 1. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.[Wordnet]. 2. Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for.[Wordnet]. 3. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.[Websters]. 4. To love.[Websters]. 5. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.[Websters]. 6. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.[Websters]. 7. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).[Websters]. 8. Base verb from the following inflections: fancying, fancied, fancies, fancier, fanciers, fancyingly and fanciedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "FANCYING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FANCYING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Imagining; conceiving; liking.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] Present participle of fancy. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: fancy
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Animal fancy | Animal fancy is a hobby that includes pet and exotic pet ownership, showing and other competitions, breeding and judging. (references) | ||
| Cat Fancy | Cat Fancy is a monthly magazine dedicated to cats, owners of cats, and breeders of cats. Its main rival is Cats and Kittens. Its publishers also offer Dog Fancy for dogs and their owners. (references) | ||
| Dog Fancy | Dog Fancy is a monthly magazine dedicated to dogs, owners of dogs, and breeders of dogs. Its publishers also offer Cat Fancy for cats and their owners. (references) | ||
| Fancy ball | A ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Fancy cancel | A fancy cancel is a postal cancellation that includes an artistic design. Although the term may be used of modern machine cancellations that include artwork, it primarily refers to the designs carved in cork and used in 19th century post offices of the United States. (references) | ||
| Fancy Crane | Fancy Crane is a fictional character on NBC's newest daytime drama, Passions. Fancy has been played by Emily Harper since the character's first appearance in 2005. (references) | ||
| Fancy dance | Fancy dance, or "pan-Indian dancing", is a style of dance originally created by members of the Lakota peoples around the turn of the 20th Century in an attempt to preserve their culture and religion at a time when practicing it was largely illegal. It is loosely based on the sacred Sun and War dances. Fancy dance was considered appropriate to be performed for visitors to reservations and at "Wild West" shows. (references) | ||
| Fancy dress | A costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Fancy Dutch | The term Fancy Dutch refers to the Pennsylvania Germans who belonged to the Reformed and Lutheran churches. They, unlike the Amish, Dunkards and the Mennonites who were considered sectarians did not wear plain clothing, nor did they refuse to fight in wars or do many of the things commonly associated with the "Pennsylvania Dutch" in mainstream culture. The Fancy Dutch far outnumbered the sectarians among the Pennsylvania Dutch. Today however, most Pennsylvania German speakers are members of the plainer sects, the Fancy Dutch having been mostly assimilated. While the Plain Dutch regions centered around Lancaster and Mifflin Counties, the Fancy Dutch lived in the countryside around Reading, Allentown, York and Lebanon. (references) | ||
| Fancy fair | A fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Fancy goods | 1: Fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Goods that are chiefly ornamental. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Fancy Lake Water Aerodrome | Fancy Lake Water Aerodrome is located 3.5 nautical miles (6.48 km) south southwest of the community and open from May until November. (references) | ||
| Fancy Lala | Fancy Lala (Mahō no Stage Fancy Lala (魔法のステージ・ファンシーララ)) is a "mahō shōjo" (magical girl) anime series produced by Studio Pierrot, which originally aired April 4 - September 27, 1998. (references) | ||
| Fancy line | (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Fancy man | 1: A woman's lover. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: Someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Fancy mouse | Fancy mice are domesticated versions of the common or house mouse (Mus musculus). They are approximately 16-18 cm long from nose to the tip of the tail. They weigh about 35 g for females and 50 g for males. (references) | ||
| Fancy roller | (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Fancy stocks | A species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Fancy store | One where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Fancy up | Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Fancy woman | 1: An adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| 2: A woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Fancy woods | The more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Governing Council of the Cat Fancy | The Governing Council of the Cat Fancy (GCCF) is the organization that registers pedigreed cats in the United Kingdom. (references) | ||
| Les Claypool & His Fancy Band | Les Claypool's current touring band. The line up often changes. (references) | ||
| Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina | Mr. Garrison's Fancy New Vagina was the first episode of season 9 of South Park, airing on March 9, 2005. (references) | ||
| National Fancy Rat Society | The National Fancy Rat Society, founded in 1976 is a club for rat fanciers that promotes fancy rats exhibitions, as well as the study and breeding of these rats. (references) | ||
| The fancy | All of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc. At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. --De Quincey. Syn: Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: fancy
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Cat fancy | Food & Agriculture | Today's -- (as those interested in selective breeding are called). . Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Colored fancy paper | Industry | A paper which is given a coloured surface in a separate stage off the paper machine. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Fancy goods | Industry | Novelty: a small manufactured article intended mainly for decoration or adornment and marked by unusual or novel design. . . . wooden --. . . Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Fancy hygroscope | Physics | Consisting essentially of decorative objects with figurines coming in or going out, according to whether the weather is likely to be good or bad. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Fancy lump coal | Mining | A. Soft coal from which all slack and nut coal has been removed. (references) | |
| Fancy man | Literature | (A). A cavalier servant or cicisbeo; one selected by a married lady to escort her to theatres, etc., to ride about with her, and to amuse her. The man she "fancies" or likes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| FANCY MAN | Slang in 1811 | FANCY MAN. A man kept by a lady for secret services. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
| Fancy quilting | Library Science | A relative term for the process of making quilts in which the decorative function is paramount. Fancy quilts are usually considered by their makers to have value and meaning beyond their use as warm bedcovers. See also Plain quilting. (references) | |
| Fancy type | Art | In printing, a general term for decorative type in any size, used mainly for display purposes (ornamental book titles, chapter headings, etc.). (references) | |
| Fancy work | Transportation | Intricate, symmetrical rope work used for decorative purposes. (references) | |
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