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fancyings

fancyings is the plural of fancying.

Meaning of fancying

Noun

fancying (plural fancyings)

  1. Something fancied or imagined.
    • These sad fancyings – chimeras, doubtless, of a sick and silly brain – led on the other and more special thoughts, concerning the eccentricities of Bartleby.1856, Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”, in The Piazza Tales, New York: Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1856

Questions about fancyings

What is fancyings the plural of?
Fancyings is the plural of fancying.

Words near fancyings in the dictionary

  1. fancy-shmancy
  2. fancy-sick
  3. fancying
  4. fancying one's chances
  5. fancying up
  6. fancyings
  7. fancyless
  8. fancymonger
  9. fancymongers
  10. fancypants
  11. fancywork

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