Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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fancy | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
illusion | Yes | No | No | No |
fancy (noun) | illusion (noun) |
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imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination | the act of deluding; deception by creating illusory ideas |
something many people believe that is false | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers |
a predisposition to like something | something many people believe that is false |
an erroneous mental representation |
fancy (adjective) | illusion (adjective) |
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not plain; decorative or ornamented |
fancy (verb) | illusion (verb) |
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imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | |
have a fancy or particular liking or desire for |