Dictionary Check: fancy
"fancy" is a valid word!
Scrabble
13
points
Words with Friends
14
points
Definition
adjective
not plain; decorative or ornamented
Example:
"fancy handwriting"
noun
something many people believe that is false
Example:
"they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
noun
imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
Example:
"never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence"
noun
a predisposition to like something
Example:
"he had a fondness for whiskey"
verb
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
Example:
"I can't see him on horseback!"
verb
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
Example:
"She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
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