Definition of fancy

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Fancy (n.) 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..

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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..
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
Elder :: Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc..
Ideate :: Ideate (v. t.) To form in idea; to fancy.
Childhood :: Childhood (n.) The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
Fancied :: Fancied (v. t.) Formed or conceived by the fancy; unreal; as, a fancied wrong..
Costumer :: Costumer (n.) One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc..
Realm :: Realm (n.) Hence, in general, province; region; country; domain; department; division; as, the realm of fancy..
Sally :: Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind..
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
Phantasm :: Phantasm (n.) A mental image or representation of a real object; a fancy; a notion.
Wrinkle :: Wrinkle (n.) A notion or fancy; a whim; as, to have a new wrinkle..
Start :: Start (n.) A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy..
Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
Age :: Age (n.) One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc..
Youth :: Youth (n.) The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood..
Jacobin :: "Jacobin (n.) A fancy pigeon, in which the feathers of the neck form a hood, -- whence the name. The wings and tail are long, and the beak moderately short..
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
Infancy :: Infancy (n.) The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority..
-ancy :: -ancy () A suffix expressing more strongly than -ance the idea of quality or state; as, constancy, buoyancy, infancy..
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