fancywork

English

Alternative forms

  • fancy work

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂n̥yéti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō
Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Hellenic *-tós
Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)
Ancient Greek φᾰντός (phăntós)
Proto-Indo-European *-(e)h₂d-yéti?
Ancient Greek -αγ- (-ag-)
Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)
Proto-Indo-European *-yoh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-yō
Ancient Greek *-ϳω (*-jō)
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Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō)
Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Hellenic *-tis
Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)
Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)
Ancient Greek φᾰ́ντᾰσῐς (phắntăsĭs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía)bor.
Latin phantasia
Old French fantasiebor.
Middle English fantasie
Middle English fansy
English fancy
English work
English fancywork

    From fancy + work.

    Noun

    fancywork (countable and uncountable, plural fancyworks)

    1. (now chiefly historical) Ornamental (as opposed to plain or reparative) work in needlework, knitting or similar handicrafts; decorative embroidery.
      • 1915, Dorothy Richardson, Pointed Roofs, Broadview, published 2014, page 83:
        The girls were all settling down to fancy work, the white-cuffed hands of the Martins were already jerking crochet needles, faces were bending over fine embroideries and Minna Blum had trundled a mounted lace-pillow into the brighter light.

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