What does FANCIFUL mean?
Definitions for FANCIFUL
ˈfæn sɪ fəlfan·ci·ful
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word FANCIFUL.
Princeton's WordNet
fanciful, notionaladjective
indulging in or influenced by fancy
"a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
fanciful, imaginary, notionaladjective
not based on fact; unreal
"the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
fancifuladjective
having a curiously intricate quality
"a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers"
Wiktionary
fancifuladjective
imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
Etymology: fancy + -ful
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fancifuladjective
Etymology: fancy and full.
Some fanciful men have expected nothing but confusion and ruin from those very means, whereby both that and this is most effectually prevented. John Woodward, Natural History.
What treasures did he bury in his sumptuous buildings? and how foolish and fanciful were they? John Hayward.
It would show as much singularity to deny this, as it does a fanciful facility to affirm it. Samuel Garth, Preface to Ovid.
ChatGPT
fanciful
Fanciful refers to something that is imaginative, unreal, creative, fantastical, or whimsical. It often denotes ideas, objects, or actions that are not influenced by practical considerations and might be formed by an unrestrained imagination.
Webster Dictionary
Fancifuladjective
full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical; as, a fanciful man forms visionary projects
Fancifuladjective
conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory
Fancifuladjective
curiously shaped or constructed; as, she wore a fanciful headdress
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of FANCIFUL in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of FANCIFUL in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of FANCIFUL in a Sentence
One fanciful tale traces it to Western European, pre-Christian societies in which whoever found a coin or bean in a special cake was crowned King for the year, whether the story was true or what you believe, Christians have long served King Cakes containing coins or gilded beans for the Feast of the Epiphany or Twelfth Night, a celebration of the visit of the three wise men — the Magi or Kings — to the infant Jesus 12 days after his birth.
Edgar Allen Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue:
The ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic.
There was a declared war on coal, a war on fossil fuels, the EPA was weaponized against certain sectors of our economy and that’s not the role of a regulator. Renewables need to be part of our energy mix, but to think that will be the dominant fuel is simply fanciful.
We aren't proposing anything fanciful, it's necessary and moreover it's possible.
Knowledge must come through action you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Translations for FANCIFUL
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- خياليArabic
- нереален, фантастиченBulgarian
- PhantasievollGerman
- fantástico, imaginario, imaginadoSpanish
- kuvitteellinen, mielikuvituksellinenFinnish
- imaginaire, fantaisisteFrench
- काल्पनिकHindi
- képzeletbeli, furcsaHungarian
- fantastisIndonesian
- fantasiosoItalian
- דמיוניHebrew
- 想像Japanese
- ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕKannada
- 기발한Korean
- fantasievol, denkbeeldig, fantastisch, verzonnenDutch
- dziwacznyPolish
- fantásticoPortuguese
- прихотливыйRussian
- химернийUkrainian
- شاندارUrdu
- 撒娇的Chinese
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