fancying

English

Verb

fancying

1. present participle and gerund of fancy

Noun

fancying (plural fancyings)

1. Something fancied or imagined.
   • 1853, Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener:

     These sad fancyings – chimeras, doubtless, of a sick and silly brain – led on the other and more special thoughts, concerning the eccentricities of Bartleby.

Derived terms

• pigeon fancying