FANCY

Definitions for the word, fancy

(a.) Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods.

(a.) Extravagant; above real value.

(n.) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.

(n.) An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.

(n.) An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.

(n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.

(n.) That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.

(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.

(v. i.) To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.

(v. i.) To love.

(v. t.) To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).

(v. t.) To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.

(v. t.) To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.