fancy
Unnecessarily complicatedUnnecessarily complicated.
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» We ate at a fancy restaurant.
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By meaning 4
Examples
151 sentencesWe ate at a fancy restaurant.
Tom stayed at a fancy hotel.
I don't want a big, fancy wedding.
deIch will keine große, schicke Hochzeit. — Tom9358
Meaning
5 senses(colloquial)Unnecessarily complicated.
I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.
verworren, kraus, vertrackt
навороченныйnavoročennyj
Of a superior grade.
This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.
edel, nobel
Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
This is a fancy shawl.
ausgefallen, schick, schrill
More meanings 2
Executed with skill.
He initiated the game-winning play with a fancy deked saucer pass to the winger.
It took some fancy footwork to make it happen.
geschickt, raffiniert, ausgefallen
(obsolete)Extravagant; above real value.
- not plain; decorative or ornamented
Origin
From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from OldFrom Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
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Forms
fancier, fanciestSynonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
30 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
5 patterns- a fancy restaurant
- fancy restaurant
- at a fancy
- a fancy hotel
- fancy hotel
See also
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