fancy
The imagination.
Noun 4 meanings
The imagination.
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
A whim.
“I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.”
Adjective 4 meanings
Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
“This is a fancy shawl.”
Of a superior grade.
“This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.”
Executed with skill.
“He initiated the game-winning play with a fancy deked saucer pass to the winger.”
Unnecessarily complicated.
“I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.”
Verb 3 meanings
To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
“I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.”
Would like; have a desire for.
“I fancy a burger tonight for dinner.”
To imagine, suppose.
“I fancy this is an error.”
Etymology
From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).
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FANCY at a glance
FANCY has 5 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + N 1 + C 3 + Y 4) and 14 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,868 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fancy
All rhymes- AGENCY12
- EMERGENCY17
- EFFICIENCY23
- CURRENCY15
- FREQUENCY26
- PREGNANCY17
- PRESIDENCY18
- NANCY10
- CONSISTENCY18
- TENDENCY14
- TRANSPARENCY19
- RESIDENCY15
One letter away
- NANCY10
- FANNY11
- FARCY13
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