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fanciful

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fan⋅ci⋅ful

  [fan-si-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
2. suggested by fancy; imaginary; unreal: fanciful lands of romance.
3. led by fancy rather than by reason and experience; whimsical: a fanciful mind.
Origin:
1620–30; fancy + -ful

Related forms:
fan⋅ci⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
fan⋅ci⋅ful⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. visionary, baseless, illusory.
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fan·ci·ful   (fān'sĭ-fəl)   
adj.  

  1. Created in the fancy; unreal: a fanciful story.

  2. Tending to indulge in fancy: a fanciful mind.

  3. Showing invention or whimsy in design; imaginative. See Synonyms at fantastic.

fan'ci·ful·ly adv., fan'ci·ful·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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