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fanciable

fanciable adjective: worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.

Adjective

fanciable (comparative more fanciable, superlative most fanciable)

  1. (UK, informal) Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
    • […] I wondered where the poor soul had seen a less fanciable maiden than herself in our village, or any other.1929, Eden Phillpotts, “Mother’s Misfortune”, in The Torch and Other Tales, New York: Macmillan, page 105
    • she’s only been on one date at uni, which involved sitting at a bar with a male specimen she’d thought was an interesting person, who was obviously swiping his phone to see if someone more fanciable was in the vicinity before making his pathetic excuses about having to do revision2019, Bernardine Evaristo, “Yazz”, in Girl, Woman, Other, London: Hamish Hamilton
    Synonyms:
    crushworthy
  2. (dated) Able to be fancied (imagined or supposed).
    • doubt reasonably and fairly entertained as opposed to vague or fanciable doubt1936, Code of Georgia Annotated, Harrison Company, page 155
    • […] the factual basis for such a contention is more fanciable than real.1948, Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Commerce Clearing House
    Synonyms:
    imaginable

Synonyms of fanciable

Forms of fanciable

comparativemore fanciable
superlativemost fanciable

Origin of fanciable

From fancy + -able.

Words formed from fanciable

Questions about fanciable

What does fanciable mean?
Fanciable means worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
What part of speech is fanciable?
Fanciable is an adjective.

Words near fanciable in the dictionary

  1. Fancher
  2. Fanchers
  3. fanchieh
  4. fanchonette
  5. fanchonettes
  6. fanciable
  7. fancible
  8. fancical
  9. fancie
  10. fancied
  11. fancied one's chances

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