fanciable

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adjective

Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivefanciable (comparative more fanciable, superlative most fanciable)

comparative more fanciable · superlative most fanciable

  1. UKinformalWorthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.

    […] I wondered where the poor soul had seen a less fanciable maiden than herself in our village, or any other.

    1929, Eden Phillpotts, “Mother’s Misfortune”, in The Torch and Other Tales, New York: Macmillan, page 105
    1 more example

    she’s only been on one date at uni, which involved sitting at a bar with a male specimen she’d thought was an interesting person, who was obviously swiping his phone to see if someone more fanciable was in the vicinity before making his pathetic excuses about having to do revision

    2019, Bernardine Evaristo, “Yazz”, in Girl, Woman, Other, London: Hamish Hamilton

    Synonyms: crushworthy

  2. datedAble to be fancied (imagined or supposed).

    […] the factual basis for such a contention is more fanciable than real.

    1948, Standard Federal Tax Reporter, Commerce Clearing House
    1 more example

    doubt reasonably and fairly entertained as opposed to vague or fanciable doubt

    1936, Code of Georgia Annotated, Harrison Company, page 155

    Synonyms: imaginable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveWorthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.

adjectiveAble to be fancied (imagined or supposed).

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