Reverse Dictionary: FANCY

ADJECTIVES
► CHI-CHI smart, stylish; pretentious, affected; fancy → 20C Amer. sl.
► DANDILLY fancy, over-ornamented → 1895 Sc.
► DANDY fancy; fashionable; hence, splendid, first-rate, excellent, fine; very good of its kind → 1792 colloq., orig. US
► FANCY-ASS very fancy or elegant → 1999 African-American sl.
► FANCY-DAN fancy; pretentious; affected → 1938 Amer. sl.
► FANCY-PANTS fancy or snobbish; used derisively → 1949 Amer. sl.
► FANCY-SCHMANCY extremely fancy, esp. in a pretentious or ostentatious way → 1935 colloq.
► FIXY fancy → 1942 Amer. dial.
► JAZZY fancy; flashy → 1923 Amer. sl.
► PONCED-UP made overly elaborate, fancy, or effeminate; dressed up ostentatiously → 1970 sl., derogatory
► PONCY affected, pretentious, self-consciously refined or superior; overly fancy or elaborate; effeminate, homosexual → 1937 sl., derogatory
► RANCY-TANCY fancy, refined → 1950s Aust. rhyming sl.
► SANNOCK fancy → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SPINORTY ► SPONORTY fancy, fussy, dressy, stylish → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SWISH elegant; fancy; posh → 1879 US sl.
► WALLIE ► WALLY decorative, fancy, ornamental, esp. applied to porcelain figures of dogs, etc. set out for decoration on mantelpieces and sideboards → 1904 Sc.
► ZIZZY fancy, showy → 1954 US sl.

ADVERBS
► FANCY fancily, affectedly → 1940s

NOUNS
► BEES whims, fancies → 1776 Sc.
► CALF-RASH a foolish fancy; boy’s love → 1882 Eng. dial.
► CAPRICCIO a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy → 1601 obs.
► CAPRICH a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy → 1656 obs.
► CASTLE IN THE AIR a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy → c1400
► CHI-CHI something stylish or fancy; fanciness, stylishness → 20C Amer. sl.
► CHICKEN-FIXIN’S anything fancy, in food, dress, or otherwise → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DALLDRUMS foolish fancies → 1824 Sc. obs.
► DIDO something fancy or frivolous → 1909 Amer. dial.
► DODRUM a whim, a fancy → 1823 Sc.
► DOODAD something small or fancy, usually used for decoration → 1914 Amer. dial.
► DOOHICKEY something small or fancy added for decoration → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FAGERRY a vagary, a whimsical notion, a fancy → 1892 Ireland
► FALDERAL an idle fancy; conceit, nonsense; a trifling excuse; a falsehood → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FALDERUMDAL an idle fancy, a vagary; a fuss about trifles; a trifling excuse → 1866 Sc.
► FANCYETTE a little fancy → a1834
► FANCY FLUFF-DUFFS anything fancy from food to finery → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► FANTADS fancies, whims → 1880 Eng. dial.
► FANTASQUE fancy, whim → 1698 obs.
► FANTASTIC power of fancy or imagination → 1764 obs.
► FANTIGUE a vagary, a fancy, a whim; a joke, a ‘lark’ → 1894 Eng. dial.
► FANTODS fancies, whims → 1880 Eng. dial.
► FIKE a whim, fancy; also, a fancy article, a gewgaw → 1834 Sc.
► FLUFF-DUFFS anything fancy from food to finery → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► GAIRY a whim, fancy → 1822 Sc. obs.
► GREECUMS whims, fancies → 1887 Eng. dial.
► IMAGINARY an imagination; a fancy → 1709 obs.
► ITEM an intention, purpose; a crafty design; a trick; a fancy, a fad → 1887 Eng. dial.
► JAG a whim; a fancy → 1896 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KICKIE-WICKIE a whim or erratic fancy → 19C
► KICKSEY-WINSEY a fantastic device; a whim or erratic fancy → 1599 obs.
► MAGGOT a whimsical or perverse fancy; a crotchet → a1625
► MAUNDRELS idle tales; foolish, feverish fancies → 1791 Sc.
► MAWK a whim, a foolish fancy; a joke; a trick → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MAY-GAMES tricks, frolics, antics, practical jokes; whims, fancies → 1825 Eng. dial.
► MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural → 1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MIRLIGOES ridiculous fancies; mad frolicsomeness, the effect of drinking → 19C Sc.
► NANNICK an idle whim; a childish fancy or fear; a jibe → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NOTION a liking or fancy, esp. for a person of the opposite sex → 1864 Amer. dial.
► ODD KICK IN ONE’S GALLOP a whim, a fancy; an eccentricity → L18 sl.
► QUIDDLES whims, foolish fancies → 1891 Eng. dial.
► QUILICOM an idle fancy, conceit, or quibble → 1644 obs.
► QUIRK a fuss; a whim, fancy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCHISM a frivolous excuse; roundabout reasoning; a nice distinction; an  unnecessary apology; a foolish fancy → 1904 Eng.  dial. (Bk.)
► TANCHIMENTS frippery; articles of finery; fanciful appliances → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANGLEMENTS fanciful appliances; frippery; articles of female finery → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANTADLIN ► TANTADLING a contemptuous term for anything strange, fanciful, or fantastic → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANTRUM a foolish fancy; a whim, vagary; a fluster → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TICK a whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion; an idiosyncrasy → 1896
► VAPOUR a fancy or fantastic idea; a foolish brag or boast → 1614 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CHI-CHI something or someone stylish or fancy; fanciness, stylishness → 20C Amer. sl.
► FADDLE a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies → 19C Eng. dial.

VERBS
► DICKEY UP to dress up in fine clothes; to make pretty or fancy → 1969 Amer. dial.
► FANCIFY 1. to have a fancy for; to like → 1656 obs.
2. to fancy, to imagine → 1748 obs.
► FANTASTICATE to conceive or represent in the fancy; to fancy → 1600 obs.
► FANTASY to take a fancy or liking to; to be favourably inclined to; to fall in love with → 1548 obs.
► GUSSY UP to decorate; to make fancy → 1940s Amer. sl.
► HAVE THE SHINERS FOR to find attractive or appealing; to have a fancy or affection for → M19 sl., orig. US
► TAKE A SHINDY to find attractive or appealing; to have a fancy or affection for; to take a liking to someone → M19 sl., orig. US
► TAKE A SHINE TO to find attractive or appealing; to have a fancy or affection for → 1839 sl., orig. US