fanciful

  • 81fantastical — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Appealing to fancy: fanciful, fancy, fantastic, imaginative, whimsical. See PLAIN. 2. Existing only in the imagination: chimeric, chimerical, conceptual, fanciful, fantastic, imaginary, notional, unreal,… …

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  • 82trademark — Generally speaking, a distinctive mark of authenticity, through which the products of particular manufacturers or the vendible commodities of particular merchants may be distinguished from those of others. It may consist in any symbol or in any… …

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  • 83whigmaleerie — or whigmaleery [hwig΄mə lir′ē, wig΄mə lir′ē] n. pl. whigmaleeries [fanciful coinage] Chiefly Scot. 1. a fanciful notion, whim, etc. 2. a fanciful contrivance; gewgaw …

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  • 84fan´ci|ful|ness — fan|ci|ful «FAN sih fuhl», adjective. 1. showing fancy; quaint; odd; fantastic: »Fanciful decorations are made up, not patterned after something. SYNONYM(S): curious. 2. led by fancy; using fancies; imaginative: »Hans Christian Andersen was a… …

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  • 85fan´ci|ful|ly — fan|ci|ful «FAN sih fuhl», adjective. 1. showing fancy; quaint; odd; fantastic: »Fanciful decorations are made up, not patterned after something. SYNONYM(S): curious. 2. led by fancy; using fancies; imaginative: »Hans Christian Andersen was a… …

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  • 86fan|ci|ful — «FAN sih fuhl», adjective. 1. showing fancy; quaint; odd; fantastic: »Fanciful decorations are made up, not patterned after something. SYNONYM(S): curious. 2. led by fancy; using fancies; imaginative: »Hans Christian Andersen was a fanciful… …

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  • 87SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, JEWISH — Fantasy is a genre of literature in which realistic narratives are disrupted by unnatural or unexplainable events. The term Science Fiction (SF) emerged during the 1930s as a catchall descriptor for a publishing category with roots traceable to… …

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  • 88Chimerical — Chi*mer ic*al, a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn: Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful;… …

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  • 89Conceit — Con*ceit , n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See {Conceive}, and cf. {Concept}, {Deceit}.] 1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind;… …

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  • 90Flourish — Flour ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Flourished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Flourishing}.] [OE. florisshen, flurisshen, OF. flurir, F. fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See {Flower}, and { ish}.] 1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase… …

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