fancy

  • 31Fancy — Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : FANCI. Fancy Surnom Tess Teiges Nom Manfred Alois Segieth Naissance …

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  • 32fancy — /ˈfænsi / (say fansee) noun (plural fancies) 1. imagination, especially as exercised in a capricious or desultory manner. 2. the faculty of creating illustrative or decorative imagery, as in poetical or literary composition, sometimes seen as… …

  • 33fancy — [ˈfænsi] verb [T] I 1) British informal to want to have or to do something What do you fancy for your lunch?[/ex] Do you fancy going to the cinema?[/ex] 2) British informal to feel sexually attracted to someone 3) used for showing that you are… …

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  • 34fancy — fan•cy [[t]ˈfæn si[/t]] n. pl. cies, 1) imagination or fantasy, esp. as exercised in a capricious manner 2) the artistic ability of creating unreal or whimsical imagery, decorative detail, etc., as in poetry or drawing 3) a mental conception;… …

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  • 35fancy — 1. noun /ˈfæn.si/ a) The imagination; an imagined image. The film rose from Stephens fancy. b) A whim. I had a fancy to learn to play the flute. 2. adjective …

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  • 36fancy — Synonyms and related words: Amor, Babylonian, Byzantine, Christian love, Corinthian, Daedalian, Eros, Platonic love, a bit much, abandoned, account as, adept, admiration, adoration, adorned, adroit, affection, affinity, agape, aim at, ambitious,… …

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  • 37fancy — verb (fancies, fancying, fancied) 1》 Brit. informal feel a desire for.     ↘find sexually attractive. 2》 Brit. regard as a likely winner. 3》 imagine.     ↘chiefly Brit. used to express surprise: fancy that! adjective (fancier, fanciest …

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  • 38fancy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. imagination; idea, caprice, whim; preference, desire; reverie, daydream. v. t. imagine; believe, suppose, assume; like, desire, take to. See belief, supposition. adj. ornate, showy; superior,… …

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  • 39Fancy — 1Fan|cy [ fɛnsi, engl. fænsi] der od. das; [s] <aus engl. fancy, gekürzt aus fantasy »Fantasie«, dies über altfr. fantasie, lat. phantasia aus gr. phantasía »Erscheinung; Bild; Vorstellung«; vgl. ↑Fantasie> beidseitig gerauter ↑Flanell in… …

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  • 40fancy — [15] Ultimately, fancy is the same word as fantasy [15], from which it emerged by a process fane 210 of contraction and gradually became differentiated in meaning. Both go back originally to the Greek verb phaínein ‘show’ (source also of English… …

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