fancy

not plain; decorative or ornamented

“fancy handwriting”

“fancy clothes”

something many people believe that is false

“they have the illusion that I am very wealthy”

“He fancies himself to be a local celebrity.”

imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

“never had the wildest flights of fancy imagined such magnificence”

a predisposition to like something

“he had a fondness for whiskey”

“she had dismissed him quite brutally, relegating him to the status of a passing fancy, or less”

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

“I can't see him on horseback!”

“I can see what will happen”

“I can see a risk in this strategy”

have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

“She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window”

“They fancy more bread”

“Sam cannot fancy Sue”