fancy

Definition

  • n. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
  • v. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
  • adj. not plain; decorative or ornamented

Word forms

Past tense
fancied
Third person singular
fancies
Past participle
fancied
Present participle
fancying
Comparative
fancier
Superlative
fanciest

Example sentences

  1. n.

    Her fancy for adventure led her to travel around the world.

  2. a.

    He wore a fancy suit to the wedding.

  3. vt.

    I fancy that we will win the game this time.

  4. vi.

    Sometimes, I just fancy being somewhere far away.