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fancy 2, noun (oh)



2 n plural fancies
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1 ?liking/wish?
2 tickle somebody's fancy
3 ?idea?
4 ?imagination?
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[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: fantasy]
?LIKING/WISH?
[singular] especially BrE a) a feeling, especially one that is not particularly strong or urgent, that you like someone or want to have something
take a fancy to sb/sth
(=decide that you like someone or want to have something)
::Mr Hill took a real fancy to Clara.
::Wanting to go to Mexico was just a passing fancy (=the feeling did not last long) .
::Because of its high cost, a carpet is not an item that you change as the fancy takes you (=whenever you want) .
b) take/catch your fancy
if something takes or catches your fancy, you like it or want to have it
::Did you see anything that took your fancy?
tickle sb's fancy
informal to seem attractive or amusing to someone
::The idea of playing a joke on her tickled his fancy.
?IDEA?
[C] old-fashioned an idea or opinion that is not based on fact
::Oh, that was just a fancy of his.
?IMAGINATION?
[U] literary imagination or something that you imagine
-see also flight of fancy at flight (6)