fancying

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noun

Something fancied or imagined.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fancy
nounfancying (plural fancyings)

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
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APA

fancying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fancying

MLA

“fancying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fancying. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fancying,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fancying.

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