fancie

Adjective

fancy (comparative fancier, superlative fanciest)

1. Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
   • This is a fancy shawl.

   Synonyms:

   decorative, ornate

   Antonyms:

   plain, simple

2. Of a superior grade.
   • This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.

   Synonyms:

   high-end

3. Executed with skill.
   • He initiated the game-winning play with a fancy deked saucer pass to the winger.
4. (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
   • I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.

   Synonyms:

   highfalutin

   Antonyms:

   simple

5. (obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
   • This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants.1859, Thomas Macaulay, The Life of Frederick the Great

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