Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fancy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
ignis fatuus | Yes | No | No | No |
fancy (noun) | ignis fatuus (noun) |
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imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination | an illusion that misleads |
something many people believe that is false | a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground |
a predisposition to like something |
fancy (adjective) | ignis fatuus (adjective) |
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not plain; decorative or ornamented |
fancy (verb) | ignis fatuus (verb) |
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imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | |
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for |