Dictionary definition · fancy
noun
- something many people believe that is false"they have the illusion that I am very wealthy"
- 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"
- a predisposition to like something"he had a fondness for whiskey"
verb
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind"I can't see him on horseback!"
- have a fancy or particular liking or desire for"She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window"
adjective
- not plain; decorative or ornamented"fancy handwriting"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).