Fancy

Fancy

In biology:

* Fancy (animal breeding), hobby involving the appreciation, promotion and/or breeding of animals
* Fancy mouse, domesticated version of the common or house mouse
* Fancy rat, domesticated breed of the Brown Rat or of the Black Rat
* Fancy-Leafed Caladium, plant

In geography:

* Fancy Farm, Kentucky, United States
* Fancy Gap, Virginia, United States
* Fancy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

In literature:

* Cat Fancy "(magazine)", popular monthly magazine dedicated to cats
* "Dog Fancy", monthly magazine dedicated to dogs
* "Fact and Fancy", collection of seventeen scientific essays by Isaac Asimov
* "Pirate Fancy", monthly internet magazine dedicated to pirates

In music:

* "A Passing Fancy", popular Toronto band from the 1960s
* Fantasia "(music)", also known as "Fancy", a musical composition with its roots in the art of improvisation
* Fancy "(singer)", German Euro Disco artist who was popular in the mid to late 1980s
* Fancy "(song)", 1969 song written and sung by Bobbie Gentry, and covered by Reba McEntire
* Fancy "(band)", a mid-1970s pop group that released two L.P.s
* "Nuthin' Fancy", the 3rd album by "Lynyrd Skynyrd"
* "Plain and Fancy", Broadway musical
* "Ryan's Fancy", musical group of the '60s, '70s and '80s

In television:

* "Fancy Lala", magical girl anime series produced by Studio Pierrot in 1998
* Richard Fancy, American actor best known for his long recurring role on "Seinfeld" as the publisher Mr. Lippman
* Fancy Crane, a fictional character on the soap opera, Passions

In other fields:

* Fancy cancel, postal cancellation that includes an artistic design
* Fancy Crane, fictional character on NBC's daytime drama, "Passions"
* Fancy dance, style of dance originally created by members of the Lakota peoples around the turn of the 20th Century
* Fancy Dutch, Pennsylvania Germans who belonged to the Reformed and Lutheran churches
* "Fancy Pants", 1950 American comedy movie
* Fancy (Every's pirate ship), the ship commanded by Henry Every during his career as a pirate.

ee also

* Embellishment
* Limerence
* Romantic love


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  • Fancy — Manfred Alois Segieth (1988) Fancy bei einem Disco Auftritt (1988) Fancy (* 7. Juli …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fancy — Fan cy, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy goods; fancy clothes. [1913 Webster] 2. Extravagant; above real value. [1913 Webster] This anxiety never degenerated …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fancy — [fan′sē] n. pl. fancies [ME fantsy, contr. < fantasie: see FANTASY] 1. imagination, now esp. light, playful, or whimsical imagination 2. illusion or delusion 3. a mental image 4. an arbitrary idea; notion; caprice; whim 5. an …   English World dictionary

  • Fancy — Fan cy (f[a^]n s[y^]), n.; pl. {Fancies}. [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. ???????? appearance, imagination, the power of perception and presentation in the mind, fr. ???????? to make visible, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fancy — n 1 Caprice, freak, whim, whimsy, conceit, vagary, crotchet 2 imagination, fantasy Antonyms: experience 3 Fancy, fantasy, phantasy, phantasm, vision, dream, daydream, nightmare are comparable when they denote a vivid idea or image, or a series of …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fancy — ► VERB (fancies, fancied) 1) Brit. informal feel a desire for. 2) Brit. informal find sexually attractive. 3) regard as a likely winner. 4) imagine. 5) used to express surprise: fancy that! …   English terms dictionary

  • fancy — [adj] extravagant, ornamental adorned, baroque, beautifying, chichi*, complicated, cushy, custom, decorated, decorative, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, embellished, fanciful, florid, frilly, froufrou*, garnished, gaudy, gingerbread*, intricate,… …   New thesaurus

  • Fancy — Fan cy, v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. [1913 Webster] He whom I fancy, but can ne er express. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fancy —   [ fænsɪ; englisch, eigentlich »Fantasie«],    1) die, / s, Musik: Fantasy [ fæntəsɪ], die der Geschichte der musikalischen Fantasie zugehörige Hauptform der englischen Kammermusik von etwa 1575 bis 1680. Sie entwickelte sich aus dem… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Fancy — (engl., spr. Fänßi), Phantasie, daher Fancy Artikel, Modewaaren, verzierte Schmucksachen. Fancy Fair (spr. Fänßisähr), Ausstellung u. Verkauf von weiblichen Handarbeiten zu milden Zwecken …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Fancy — Fan cy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fancied}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Fancying}.] 1. To figure to one s self; to believe or imagine something without proof. [1913 Webster] If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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