Usually means: Elaborate or sophisticated in design.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word fancy:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. fancy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. fancy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fancy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fancy, the fancy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. fancy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Fancy, fancy, the fancy: Wordnik
  7. fancy, fancy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. fancy: Wiktionary
  9. fancy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. fancy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. fancy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Fancy, fancy, the fancy: Dictionary.com
  13. fancy (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. fancy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Fancy (Bobbie Gentry album), Fancy (Bobbie Gentry song), Fancy (Drake song), Fancy (Idiot Flesh album), Fancy (Iggy Azalea song), Fancy (Twice song), Fancy (band), Fancy (pirate ship), Fancy (ship), Fancy (singer), Fancy (song), Fancy (video album), Fancy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Fancy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. fancy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. fancy: Rhymezone
  19. fancy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. fancy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Fancy: Britih-American Dictionary
  22. Fancy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. fancy, the fancy: Free Dictionary
  24. fancy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. The fancy, fancy: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. fancy: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fancy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fancy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. fancy: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fancy: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. fancy, fancy, fancy, fancy, fancy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. fancy (!): English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. fancy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See fancied as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  The imagination.
noun:  An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
noun:  An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
noun:  A whim.
noun:  Love or amorous attachment.
noun:  The object of inclination or liking.
noun:  Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
noun:  The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
noun:  A diamond with a distinctive colour.
noun:  That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
noun:  A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
noun:  (obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
noun:  In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
noun:  (obsolete, slang, in combination) A colored neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.
adjective:  Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
adjective:  Of a superior grade.
adjective:  Executed with skill.
adjective:  (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
adjective:  (obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
adverb:  (nonstandard) In a fancy manner; fancily.
verb:  (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
verb:  (British) Would like; have a desire for.
verb:  (British, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
verb:  (dated or in a set phrase) To imagine, suppose.
verb:  To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
verb:  To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
verb:  (transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
noun:  A surname from Old English

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