FANCY
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Fan"cy (făn"sӗ), n.; pl. Fancies (#). [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to make visible, to place before one's mind, fr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to show; akin to &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, light, Skr. bh&ā;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.
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In the soul
Are many lesser faculties, that serve
Reason as chief. Among these fancy next
Her office holds.
Milton.
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2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit.
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How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,
Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ?
Shak.
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3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression.
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I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children.
Locke.
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4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking.
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To fit your fancies to your father's will.
Shak.
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5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
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London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.
Mortimer.
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6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] Shak.
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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.
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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.
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Fan"cy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fancied (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Fancying (&unr_;).] 1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something without proof.
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If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know.
Locke.
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2. To love. [Obs.] Shak.
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Fan"cy, v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
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He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express.
Dryden.
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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.
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3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal).
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He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen.
Thackeray.
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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.
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2. Extravagant; above real value.
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This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants.
Macaulay.
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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.
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