fancy

n. கற்பனை, மனத்திற்பாவிக்கும் திறம், தற்புனைவு, பாவனை, கருத்தில் தோன்றும் படிவம், மனத்தோற்றம், போலித்தோற்றம், மயக்கக்காட்சி, போலிப்புனைவு மருட்சிப்புனைவு, கட்டற்ற விருப்பம், மனம்போன போக்கு, ஆதாரமற்ற, நம்பிக்கை, தனி விருப்பு, விருப்பார்வம், காதல் ஈடுபாடு, விருப்பார்வப் பொழுதுபோக்கு, விருப்பார்வத்துறை ஆதரவாண்மை, விருப்பார்வத்துறை ஈடுபாடு, (பெ.) புனைவுருவான, விரும்பிய உருவுடைய, கற்பனாகாரமான, மனத்துக்குகந்த, கண்ணைக்கவர்கிற, இன்பார்ந்த, அழகுநயமிக்க, சித்திர வேலைப்பாடுடைய, கட்டற்ற, மனம்போனபோக்கான, பொதுநிலை கடந்த, பல்வண்ணமார்ந்த, நம்பமுடியாத, பொருந்தாப் பெருவிலையுடைய, (வினை) கருத்திற்புனைவு செய், கற்பனை செய், கருத்துருவாக்கிக்காண், மனத்திற் பாவனை செய், ஆர்வத்துடன் நம்பு, எளிதாக எண்ணு, ஆராயாது செய், ஆர்வத்துடன் விரும்பு, மகிழ்வார்வம் கொள், செருக்கி மகிழ், மரபுக் கட்டுதிட்டங்களை மனத்திற்கொண்டு பயிற்றுவித்து வளர்த்து இனம் உருவாக்கு.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Fan"cy, n.; pl. Fancies. Etym: [Contr. fr. fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. bhato shine. Cf. Fantasy, Fantasia, Epiphany, Phantom.] 1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination. In the soul Are many lesser faculties, that serve Reason as chief. Among these fancy next Her office holds. Milton. 2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone, Of sorriest fancies your companoins making Shak. 3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. I have always had a fancy that learning might be made a play and recreation to children. Locke. 4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. To fit your fancies to your father's will. Shak. 5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. London pride is a pretty fancy for borders. Mortimer. 6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.] Shak. The fancy, all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting characters taken collectively, or any specific class of them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc. At a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the fancy. De Quincey. Syn. -- Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim; liking. See Imagination. 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. If our search has reached no farther than simile and metaphor, we rather fancy than know. Locke. 2. To love. [Obs.] Shak. Fan"cy, v. t. 1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. Dryden. 2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. "We fancy not the cardinal." Shak. 3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal). He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him were his kinsmen. Thackeray. Fan"cy, a. 1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste; ornamental; as, fancy goods. 2. Extravagant; above real value. This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants. Macaulay. Fancy ball, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons and nations. -- Fancy fair, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament are sold, generally for some charitable purpose. -- Fancy goods, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of a simple or plain color or make. -- Fancy line (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws of a gaff; -- used to haul it down. Fancy roller (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually having straight teeth) in front of the doffer. -- Fancy stocks, a species of stocks which afford great opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are artificial. -- Fancy store, one where articles of fancy and ornament are sold. -- Fancy woods, the more rare and expensive furniture woods, as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.