(n): an incorrect conception
(n): a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
(n): the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
(n): a predisposition to like something
(n): a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
(v): imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
(v): form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
(v): have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
(v): feel or have a desire for; want strongly
(adj): vs. plain) -- (not plain; decorative or ornamented
(adj): elaborately or excessively ornamented
(adj): having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation
(adj): overcrowded or cluttered with detail
(adj): in fancy clothing
(adj): having the surface decorated with a network of fine cracks, as in crackleware
(adj): (of metals) decorated or inlaid with a wavy pattern of different (especially precious) metals
(adj): having a woven pattern
(adj): marked by complexity and richness of detail
(adj): having or resembling repeated square indentations like those in a battlement
(adj): having a curiously intricate quality
(adj): extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance
(adj): made of or resembling lace
(adj): gathered for protruding fullness
(adj): having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
(adj): decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
Fancy, schmantzy.
As Eddie would say, "And in the words of Albert Schweitzer, 'I Fancy You.'"
Fancy that.
British for "to like." When I don't think about it, it sounds nice. When I do think about it, it just irritates me. We drive fancy cars. We eat fancy ketchup. It's not a verb.