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F — Fallacy to Fashion (Part 7 of 12)

Fancy, v. a.

    1. Conceive, imagine, form a conception of, figure to one’s self.
    2. Like, be pleased with, have a fancy for.

Fancy, a.

    1. Imaginative, of the fancy, fancied.
    2. Ornamental (rather than useful), elegant, fine, nice.
    3. Fanciful, extravagant, beyond all real worth.

Fane, n. (Poetical.) Temple, church, shrine, sanctuary.

Fanfare, n. [Fr.] Flourish of trumpets.

Fanfaron, n.

    1. Bully, hector, blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, braggadocio.
    2. Empty boaster, vain pretender, blatherskite.

Fanfaronade, n.

    1. Bluster, swaggering, boasting, bragging, bullying, hectoring, gasconade, braggadocio.
    2. Empty boasting, vain pretence, ostentation, flourish, bombast, rodomontade.

Fang, n.

    1. Tusk, pointed tooth.
    2. Claw, talon, nail.

Fantasia, n. (Mus.) Fantastical air, capricious composition, capriccio.

Fantastic, Fantastical, a.

    1. Imaginary, fanciful, chimerical, visionary, unreal, merely ideal.
    2. Whimsical, capricious, odd, queer, grotesque, strange, wild, bizarre.