Definition of fanciful

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Fanciful (a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory..

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Conceited :: Conceited (a.) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..
Conundrum :: Conundrum (n.) A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun..
Utopian :: Utopian (a.) Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian projects; Utopian happiness..
Hyperbole :: Hyperbole (n.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect..
Snapdragon :: Snapdragon (n.) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon..
Staidly :: Staid (a.) Sober; grave; steady; sedate; composed; regular; not wild, volatile, or fanciful..
Noctiluca :: Noctiluca (n.) That which shines at night; -- a fanciful name for phosphorus.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative figure.
Vane :: Vane (n.) A contrivance attached to some elevated object for the purpose of showing which way the wind blows; a weathercock. It is usually a plate or strip of metal, or slip of wood, often cut into some fanciful form, and placed upon a perpendicular axis around which it moves freely..
Notional :: Notional (a.) Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man..
Quaint :: Quaint (a.) Curious and fanciful; affected; odd; whimsical; antique; archaic; singular; unusual; as, quaint architecture; a quaint expression..
Romanticness :: Romanticness (n.) The state or quality of being romantic; widness; fancifulness.
Fantastical :: Fantastical (a.) Fanciful; unreal; whimsical; capricious; fantastic.
Rig :: Rig (n.) Dress; esp., odd or fanciful clothing..
Conceitedly :: Conceitedly (adv.) Fancifully; whimsically.
Laputan :: Laputan (a.) Of or pertaining to Laputa, an imaginary flying island described in Gulliver's Travels as the home of chimerical philosophers. Hence, fanciful; preposterous; absurd in science or philosophy..
Romantic :: Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to romance; involving or resembling romance; hence, fanciful; marvelous; extravagant; unreal; as, a romantic tale; a romantic notion; a romantic undertaking..
Projector :: Projector (n.) One who projects a scheme or design; hence, one who forms fanciful or chimerical schemes..
Visionary :: Visionary (a.) Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project..
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