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flight of fancy

flight of fancy noun: an idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.

Noun

flight of fancy (plural flights of fancy)

  1. (idiomatic) An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
    • And, whereas the mind of Man, when he gives the Spur and Bridle to his Thoughts, doth never ſtop, but naturally ſallies out into both extreams of High and Low, of Good and Evil, his first Flight of Fancy commonly tranſports Him to Idea's of what is moſt Perfect, finiſhed, and exalted; [...]1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section VIII”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 154
    • Who might not, by a very easy flight of fancy, have believed that everything about him took this haunted tone, and that he lived on haunted ground?1848, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
    Synonyms:
    daydream, reverie

flight of fancy meaning in Bengali

flight of fancy in Bengali

অসত্য়, অব্যবহারিক বলে মনে হয়, অত্যন্ত অনুমাননির্ভর চিন্তাভাবনা

Synonyms of flight of fancy

Forms of flight of fancy

pluralflights of fancy

Questions about flight of fancy

What does flight of fancy mean?
Flight of fancy means an idea, narrative, suggestion, etc., which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
What is flight of fancy in Bengali?
Flight of fancy in Bengali is অসত্য়, অব্যবহারিক বলে মনে হয়, অত্যন্ত অনুমাননির্ভর চিন্তাভাবনা. See Flight of fancy meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is flight of fancy?
Flight of fancy is a noun.
What is the plural of flight of fancy?
The plural of flight of fancy is flights of fancy.

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