Definition of "fancy" []

• The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature. See Synonyms at imagination. (noun)
• An image or a fantastic invention created by the mind. (noun)
• A capricious notion; a whim. (noun)
• A capricious liking or inclination. (noun)
• Critical sensibility; taste. (noun)

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• "What the Chinese eat is a mystery, and such queer compounds enter into their _menu_ that I would give everybody who dines with a Chinaman this advice -- don't enquire too minutely into what is placed before you, or you will eat nothing, and so offend your host; bolt it and fancy it is something nice -- and _fancy_ goes for something at times, I can assure you."
• "IV. iv.493 (354,2) [and by my fancy] It must be remembered that _fancy_ in this author very often, as in this place, means _love_."
• "I did not use the term fancy doctor to be sarcastic."