fancy fancy /ˈfænsi/

adjective

1. () Not plain; decorative or ornamented  ( fancy )
   not plain; decorative or ornamented
    Fancy handwriting
   fancy handwriting
    Fancy clothes
   fancy clothes
   

interjection

1. () [Informal, British] Exclamations often denoting astonishment or unexpected discovery.  ( marry [Archaic] , od [Archaic] , holy crap [Vulgar] , Christ [Informal] , Christmas [Informal] , fancy [Informal, British] , god , Holy-dooly [Informal, Australian] , holy shit [Vulgar] , goodness [Informal] , gracious [Informal] , heavens [Informal] , Jesus [Informal] , Lord [Informal] , O , oh , ah , bejeezus [Informal, N. American] , bejesus [Informal, N. American] , blimey [Informal, British] , blooming heck [Informal, British] , blow me [Informal, British] , by George [Informal] , by Jove [Informal] , cor [Informal, British] , cor blimey [Informal, British] , crikey [Informal, British] , cripes [Informal] , crumbs [Informal, British] , fancy that [Informal] , gawd [Informal] , geez [Informal] , golly [Informal] , good grief [Informal] , good heavens [Informal] , goodness me [Informal] , gorblimey [Informal, British] , Gordon Bennett [Informal] , gosh [Informal] , gracious me [Informal] , heck [Informal] , holy cow [Informal] , holy mackerel [Informal] , holy moley [Informal] , holy moly [Informal] , holy smoke [Informal] , I'll be blowed [Informal, British] , jeepers [Informal] , jeepers creepers [Informal] , jeez [Informal] , Lordy [Informal] , my [Informal] , my goodness [Informal] , my word , oh boy [Informal] , strewth [Informal, British] , struth [Informal, British] , well I never [Informal] , yikes [Informal] )
   Exclamations often denoting astonishment or unexpected discovery.
   

noun

1. () Imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination  ( fancy )
   imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
    Never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence
   never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence
   
2. () Something many people believe that is false  ( fancy , fantasy , phantasy , illusion )
   something many people believe that is false
    They have the illusion that I am very wealthy
   they have the illusion that I am very wealthy
   
   
3. A predisposition to like something  ( fancy , partiality , fondness )
   a predisposition to like something
    He had a fondness for whiskey
   he had a fondness for whiskey
    She had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less
   she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less
   

verb

1. () Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind  ( image , project , visualise [British] , envision , fancy , figure , picture , see , visualize )
   imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
    I can't see him on horseback!
   I can't see him on horseback!
    I can see what will happen
   I can see what will happen
    I can see a risk in this strategy
   I can see a risk in this strategy
   
2. () Have a fancy or particular liking or desire for  ( go for , fancy , take to )
   have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
    She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window
   She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window