fancying

English

Verb

fancying

  1. present participle and gerund of fancy

Noun

fancying (plural fancyings)

  1. Something fancied or imagined.
    • 1856, Herman Melville, “Bartleby the Scrivener”, in The Piazza Tales‎[1], New York: Dix, Edwards & Co, published 1856:
      These sad fancyings – chimeras, doubtless, of a sick and silly brain – led on the other and more special thoughts, concerning the eccentricities of Bartleby.

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