Word.ws English Dictionary

fancy stitch

Syllables: fan·cy·stitch

fancy stitch noun: a stitch for decorative or detailing purposes only.

Noun

fancy stitch (countable and uncountable, plural fancy stitches)

  1. A stitch for decorative or detailing purposes only.
    • she sewed one final fancy stitch and admired the final product
    • […] to the paper with fine green sewing silk ; then catch the lining to each section by a little fancy stitch at each scallop . The top of the shade consists of two hexagons made of cardboard covered with pink silk and edged with lace .1886, Jane Cunningham Croly, Ladies' Fancy Work: A Manual of Designs & Instructions in All Kinds of Needlework, page 97

Forms of fancy stitch

pluralfancy stitches

Questions about fancy stitch

What does fancy stitch mean?
Fancy stitch means a stitch for decorative or detailing purposes only.
What part of speech is fancy stitch?
Fancy stitch is a noun.
What is the plural of fancy stitch?
The plural of fancy stitch is fancy stitches.

Words near fancy stitch in the dictionary

  1. fancy schmanciest
  2. fancy schmancy
  3. fancy seeing you here
  4. fancy shop
  5. fancy shops
  6. fancy stitch
  7. fancy stitches
  8. fancy stock
  9. fancy stocks
  10. fancy that
  11. fancy trade

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fancy stitch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “fancy stitch.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/fancy_stitch. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.