Question 1 · Quick check
fancy
CEFRB1
/ˈfæn.si/
adjective · verb · noun
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Decorative, expensive, or more elaborate than usual.
- 02
verb
To want or like something.
Examples
Hello! Fancy meeting you here! It's a small world, isn't it?
Hello. Fancy meeting you here.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 3
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsAn image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
noun
Extra meaningA feeling or idea that is not based on reality.
More examples
In contextHe took a fancy to the goods in the window.
I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.
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Origin
adjective
From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.