Definition of fanciful

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Fanciful (a.) Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects..

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Woolgathering :: Woolgathering (a.) Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
Gingerbread :: Gingerbread (n.) A kind of plain sweet cake seasoned with ginger, and sometimes made in fanciful shapes..
Fantasy :: Fantasy (n.) Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor..
Projector :: Projector (n.) One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes..
Fantasticism :: Fantasticism (n.) The quality of being fantastical; fancifulness; whimsicality.
Noctiluca :: Noctiluca (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
Rig :: Rig (v. t.) To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out..
Transcription :: Transcription (n.) An arrangement of a composition for some other instrument or voice than that for which it was originally written, as the translating of a song, a vocal or instrumental quartet, or even an orchestral work, into a piece for the piano; an adaptation; an arrangement; -- a name applied by modern composers for the piano to a more or less fanciful and ornate reproduction on their own instrument of a song or other piece not originally intended for it; as, Liszt's transcriptions of son
Sobriquet :: Sobriquet (n.) An assumed name; a fanciful epithet or appellation; a nickname.
Romantic :: Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking..
Rig :: Rig (n.) Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing..
Notional :: Notional (a.) Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..
Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory..
Similitude :: Similitude (n.) The act of likening, or that which likens, one thing to another; fanciful or imaginative comparison; a simile..
Utopian :: Utopian (a.) Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression..
Fantastic :: Fantastic (a.) Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical.
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Laputan :: Laputan (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy..
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