fanciable
fanciable adjective: worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
Adjective
fanciable (comparative more fanciable, superlative most fanciable)
- 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
- 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
| comparative | more fanciable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most 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
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