fancied
pronunciation
How to pronounce fancied in British English:
UK ['fænsɪd]
How to pronounce fancied in American English:
US ['fænsɪd]
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- Adjective:
- formed or conceived by the imagination
Word Origin
- fancied (adj.)
- "imaginary, formed by the fancy," 1560s, past participle adjective from fancy (v.).
Example
- 1. Their ordinary lives were wretchedly debased ; and , in search of booty , or in revenge for fancied injuries , they often committed the most savage crimes .
- 2. Montmartre means the hill of martyrs , and a martyr is definitely what he now fancied himself to be .
- 3. Nana is 84 years old and I asked her if she fancied living another 16 years .
- 4. Such people , carlyle complained , fancied that man was a " dead iron-balance for weighing pains and pleasures on " .
- 5. He had a doctorate in law , served as secretary of the nuremberg alchemical society and fancied himself a poet .