fancy
/ˈfæn.si/ noun B1- 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.
- Love or amorous attachment.
- Liking. · He took a fancy to the goods in the window.
- The object of inclination or liking.
- Any sport or hobby pursued by a group. · Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.· the cat fancy
Plural fancies
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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To my fancy, it is only because he does not rattle away like other young men.”
“You see,” said Danglars, “he fancies himself captain already, upon my word.”
Diana says she never saw the beat of me for hitting on fancy names for places.
“She will soon get over these things.” So saying, Madame de Saint-Méran extended her dry bony hand to Villefort, who, while imprinting a son-in-law’s respectful salute on it, looked at Renée, as much as to say, “I must try and fancy ’tis your dear hand I kiss, as it should have been.”
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