fancied

Definition

Existing only in the fancy (“imagination”); imaginary, imagined.

Etymology

From fancy (“to have a fancy for, like; to imagine, suppose”) + -ed.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonyms: conceptual, fanciful, ideal, notional"
• "The plant was named for its fancied resemblance to a Roman spear."
• "VVhy therefore may not the Angels that appeared to Lot, […] be underſtood of images of men, ſupernaturally formed in the Fancy; as vvell as before by Angel vvas underſtood a fancyed Voice?"