fancy

fan|cy1 [ `fænsi ] adjective *

▸ 1 with lots of decorations

▸ 2 complicated/difficult

▸ 3 intended to impress

▸ 4 expensive/fashionable

▸ 5 prices: too high

▸ 6 food: very good

1. ) not plain or simple but with a lot of decorations or extra parts:

I wanted just a plain handbag, nothing fancy.

The camera comes with a fancy leather case.

2. ) complicated or difficult:

fancy computer graphics

fancy basketball moves

3. ) intended to seem impressive, important, or clever:

The candidate's fancy words lost more votes than they gained.

4. ) expensive, popular, and fashionable:

We stayed at some fancy hotel in the center of London.

children who are sent to fancy private schools

5. ) fancy prices are much higher than they should be

6. ) AMERICAN fancy food is of very good quality

fancy

fan|cy 2 [ `fænsi ] noun LITERARY

1. ) count a feeling of wanting or liking something, especially a feeling that is not very strong or serious

2. ) count or uncount imagination or something that you imagine or dream about:

one of those strange fancies of a dying person

=> FLIGHT

catch someone's fancy INFORMAL

if something catches your fancy, you like it or want to have or do it:

I looked at quite a few dresses, but nothing really caught my fancy.

take a fancy to someone INFORMAL

to suddenly start to like someone or become sexually attracted to them:

I think Sam's really taken a fancy to you!

take a fancy to something INFORMAL

to suddenly start to want to have or do something

fancy

fan|cy 3 [ `fænsi ] verb transitive

1. ) LITERARY to believe or imagine that something is true:

He sometimes fancied that he heard strange sounds.

2. ) MAINLY BRITISH INFORMAL to want to have or do something:

What do you fancy for your lunch?

I quite fancy the idea of lazing around.

3. ) BRITISH INFORMAL to feel sexually attracted to someone

fancy or fancy that SPOKEN

used when you are very surprised about something