Meanings
adjectiveunfancy (comparative more unfancy, superlative most unfancy)
comparative more unfancy · superlative most unfancy
- Not fancy; simple
Physically, the piece is slight: an odd-shaped, four-inch-across scrap of blue paper marked with unfancy parallel ink strokes and white highlights.
2009 January 23, Holland Cotter, “Where Lines Become a Kind of Language”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishfancy
- Englishunfancy
Cite this entry
APA
unfancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfancy
MLA
“unfancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfancy.
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