adjective
The modern trend has been away from fancy architecture
He has some fancy ideas about building an undersea city
They stock only fancy fruits and vegetables. She has a fancy suite at the Cardigan Hotel
One has to pay very fancy prices for haute couture
noun
These chimeras are entirely a product of his fancy
Our plans for the future must be based on fact, not fancy
Miss Crow's fancy for younger men often causes her some embarrassment
His fancy today is that he invented electricity
verb
He fancies himself on a big yacht in the Mediterranean
From his costume I fancy he must be Superman. Fancy Kim winning the Nobel prize!
Terry has always fancied tall women. I wouldn't fancy being 40 feet up a swaying ladder like that
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