Fancy

Fancy Fan"cy (f[a^]n"s[y^]), n.; pl. Fancies. [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. ???????? appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. ???????? to make visible, to place before one s mind, fr. ??????? to show; akin to ????, ???, light, Skr. bh[=a]to shine. Cf. Fantasy, Fantasia, Epiphany, Phantom.] 1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination. [1913 Webster]

In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. [1913 Webster]

How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. [1913 Webster]

I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one s fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. [1913 Webster]

To fit your fancies to your father s will. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. [1913 Webster]

London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

{The fancy}, all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc. [1913 Webster]

At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. --De Quincey.

Syn: Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See Imagination. [1913 Webster]

Fancy Fan"cy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fancied, p. pr. & vb. n. Fancying.] 1. To figure to one s self; to believe or imagine something without proof. [1913 Webster]

If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

2. To love. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Fancy Fan"cy, v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. [1913 Webster]

He whom I fancy, but can ne er express. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. ``We fancy not the cardinal. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal). [1913 Webster]

He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

Fancy Fan"cy, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes. [1913 Webster]

2. Extravagant; above real value. [1913 Webster]

This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great s] father to pay fancy prices for giants. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

{Fancy ball}, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations.

{Fancy fair}, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose.

{Fancy goods}, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make.

{Fancy line} (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down.

{Fancy roller} (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.

{Fancy stocks}, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial.

{Fancy store}, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold.

{Fancy woods}, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc. [1913 Webster]

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