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Webster 1913 Edition
Fanciful
Fan′ci-ful
,Adj.
1.
Full of fancy; guided by fancy, rather than by reason and experience; whimsical;
as, a
. fanciful
man forms visionary projects2.
Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures;
as, a
fanciful
scheme; a fanciful
theory.3.
Curiously shaped or constructed;
– as, she wore a
. fanciful
headdressFan′ci-ful-ly
, adv.
Fan′ci-ful-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fanciful
FAN'CIFUL
,Adj.
1.
Guided by the imagination, rather than by reason and experience; subject to the influence of fancy; whimsical; applied to persons. A fanciful man forms visionary projects.2.
Dictated by the imagination; full of wild images; chimerical; whimsical; ideal; visionary; applied to things; as a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory.