ppl. a. [f. FANCY v. + -ED1.] 1. Formed or portrayed by the fancy; existing only in the fancy; imaginary.
1568. T. Howell, Newe Sonets (1879), 137. Thier fancied feares.
1651. Hobbes, Leviath., III. xxxiv. 212. By Angel was understood a fancyed Voice?
1719. De Foe, Crusoe (1840), II. xvi. 324. The fancied felicity which he enjoyed.
1795. Southey, The Vision of the Maid of Orleans, III. 271.
| Beside the maid | |
| Love went submiss, with eye more dangerous | |
| Than fancied basilisk to wound whoe’er | |
| Too bold approach’d. |
1869. Freeman, Norm. Conq. (1876), III. xiii. 307. Supporting their native sovereign in the pursuit of his fancied rights.
† 2. a. Contrived to suit the fancy or whim; esp. of dress; = FANCY a. 1. b. Artistically designed. Cf. FANCY v. 3. Obs.
a. 1688. Prior, Ode Ex., iii. 14 vi. Fancy’d Rules and Arbitrary Laws.
1775. Johnson, Let. Mrs. Thrale, 21 June. Floating on the Thames in a fancied dress.
1781. Hayley, The Triumphs of Temper, VI. 42.
| The gracious earl, lamenting pleasure lost, | |
| And fair Serena in her wishes crost, | |
| Has plann’d, in honour of the lovely maid, | |
| A fancied ball, a private masquerade. |
1796. Morse, Amer. Geog., II. 612. They are fond of striped and fancied silks.
1796. Ned Evans, I. 92. A casimir waistcoat with a fancied pattern of silk embroidery round the button-holes.
b. 1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 142, 7 March, ¶ 5. His Seals are curiously fancied, and exquisitely well cut.
1782. Miss Burney, Cecilia, I. iv. The prettiest fancied [buckles] I ever saw.
3. That one has taken a liking or fancy for; favourite.
1589. Warner, Alb. Eng., VI. xxix. (1612), 144.
| She oft behild, and hild her peace, a braue Esquier of Wailes, | |
| That tyde her fancie to his forme, till fancied forme preuailes. |
1640. Fuller, Joseph’s Party-coloured Coat, viii. (1867), 185. What the Corinthians spake of their fancied preachers. ‘Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I am of Apollos; and I am of Cephas; and I am of Christ.’
1873. Browning, Red Cott. Nt.-cap, 245. Till beverage obtained the fancied smack.
1887. Daily News, 15 Nov., 3/5. Molynoo … beat the more fancied Bloodstone.
4. Of an animal: see FANCY v. 9.
1876. Encycl. Brit., IV. 249/2, ‘Breeds.’ Instead of the wide differences observable in ‘fancied’ animals, we find a remarkable uniformity in certain characters among many of those bred for use.
