1. ornamental; decorative; not plain: a cake with a fancy icing.
2. tending or intending to impress: a fancy degree in geophysics;fancy four-syllable words.
3. complicated or difficult to perform or execute: a couple doing some fancy footwork on the dance floor.
4. depending on imagination or caprice; whimsical; irregular: a fancy conception of time.
5. made, designed, grown, adapted, etc., to please the taste or fancy; of superfine quality or exceptional appeal: fancy goods; fancy fruits.
6. bred to develop points of beauty or excellence, as an animal.
7. much too costly; exorbitant or extravagant: a consultant who charges fancy fees.

8. imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
9. the artistic ability of creating unreal or whimsical imagery, decorative detail, etc., as in poetry or drawing.
10. a mental image or conception: He had happy fancies of being a famous actor.
11. an idea or opinion with little foundation; illusion: Her belief that she can sing is a mere fancy.
12. a caprice; whim; vagary: It was his fancy to fly to Paris occasionally for dinner.
13. capricious preference; inclination; a liking: to take a fancy to walking barefoot in the streets.
14. critical judgment; taste.
15. the breeding of animals to develop points of beauty or excellence.
16. people deeply interested in a sport, art, etc.
17. sexual love.

18. to form a conception of; picture to oneself: Fancy living with that egotist all your life!
19. to believe without being absolutely sure or certain: I fancy you are my new neighbor.
20. to take a liking to; like: I really fancy the spotted one in that litter.
21. to want or desire: I fancy another piece of cake.
22. to breed to develop a special type of animal.

23. (used as an exclamation of mild surprise): They invited you, too? Fancy!

24. to make superficially showy by way of improvement: an old car fancied up with a bright new paint job.

1. not plain; ornamented or decorative
2. requiring skill to perform; intricate
3. arising in the imagination; capricious or illusory
4. (often used ironically) superior in quality or impressive
5. higher than expected
6. (of a domestic animal) bred for particular qualities

7. a sudden capricious idea; whim
8. a sudden or irrational liking for a person or thing
9. the power to conceive and represent decorative and novel imagery, esp in poetry. Fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
10. an idea or thing produced by this
11. a mental image
12. taste or judgment, as in art of dress
13. a composition for solo lute, keyboard, etc, current during the 16th and 17th centuries
14. those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting

15. to picture in the imagination
16. to suppose; imagine
17. to like
18. to have a high or ill-founded opinion of oneself
19. to have a wish for; desire
20. to be physically attracted to (another person)
21. to breed (animals) for particular characteristics

22. an exclamation of surprise or disbelief

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