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Definition
[n] fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination
[n] something many people believe that is false; "they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
[n] a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for whiskey"
[adj] not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes"
[v] imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
[v] have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
Originally a term synonymous with imagination through the use of metaphors or conceits. It was later downgraded by Romantic critics to mean invention of a more superficial nature.
Synonyms
aureate, baroque, battlemented, busy, castellated, castled, churrigueresco, churrigueresque, crackle, crenelate, crenelated, crenellate, crenellated, damascene, damascened, damask, dressy, elaborate, embattled, envision, fanciful, fantasy, figure, flamboy
See Also...
adorned, bubble, conceive of, decorated, desire, envisage, ideate, ignis fatuus, imagination, imaginativeness, imagine, like, liking, misconception, rhetorical, vision, want, will-o'-the-wisp, wishful thinking
Related Terms
a bit much, abandoned, account as, adept, admiration, adoration, adorned, adroit, affection, affinity, agape, aim at, ambitious, Amor, animus, apparition, appetence, appetency, appetite, apprehension, approve, apt, arabesque, ardency, ardor, artistic, ass
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