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fancy
verb- to desire, to wish for, to want UK, 1598
- Plum eventually became the most cosmopolitan of dogs: she fancied riding in taxicabs and loved being the center of attention[.] — Shirlee Kalstone, How to Housebreak Your Dog in 7 Days, p. 59, 1985
- to desire sexually; to find sexually attractive UK
From the more general sense, “to desire”; the sexual shadings were evident by Shakespeare’s time. It slipped into current usage towards the end of C19. - [P]retty pictures to provoke the fancy[.] — James Shirley, The Lady of Pleasure, 1635
- [S]he’d known he fancied her within a few minutes of talking to him in the hospital, felt the same way herself[.] — John King, White Trash, p. 252, 2001
▶ fancy the muff off; fancy the tits off; fancy the pants off
to find a woman extremely desirable UK
Intensification of FANCYMUFFTITS[Y]ou could sit with her and merrily admit that you fancy the pants off her and no harm meant luv. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 30, 2000 She knew me from school and I’d always fancied the muff off her. — Mark Powell, Snap, p. 126, 2001▶ fancy your chances; fancy your chance
to presume that your charm or skill will suffice to achieve success UK- Aylen he saw as a skiving bastard who fancied his chance, so he was out to needle him whenever he could. — Colin Evans, The Heart of Standing, 1962
▶ fancy yourself
to have too high an opinion of yourself (probably) UK, 1866
Shortened from the conventional “fancy yourself as” or “fancy yourself to be something”. |