Word Meanings - FANCIER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but fanciers." Macaulay. 2. One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird

Additional info about word: FANCIER

1. One who is governed by fancy. "Not reasoners, but fanciers." Macaulay. 2. One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.

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• CLASSIFIC
  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• OBJECTIVENESS
  Objectivity. Is there such a motion or objectiveness of external bodies, which produceth light Sir M. Hale
• CLASSIS
  An ecclesiastical body or judicat (more info) 1. A class or order; sort; kind. His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.
• OBJECTIST
  One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.
• LIKEROUS; LIKEROUSNESS
  See CHAUCER
• OBJECT
  before, to oppose; ob + jacere to throw: cf. objecter. See 1. To set before or against; to bring into opposition; to oppose. Of less account some knight thereto object, Whose loss so great and harmful can not prove. Fairfax. Some strong
• CLASSMATE
  One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.
• OBJECTIVATE
  To objectify.
• LIKABLE
  Such as can be liked; such as to attract liking; as, a likable person. Thackeray.
• GOVERNORSHIP
  The office of a governor.
• LIKIN
  A Chinese provincial tax levied at many inland stations upon imports or articles in transit. "Likin," which used to be regarded as illegal, as one of the many, "squeezes" imposed by the mandarins, is, in Jamieson's opinion, just as legal as any
• FANCYWORK
  Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
• INTERESTED
  1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. 2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.
• GOVERNABLENESS
  The quality of being governable; manageableness.
• FANCYMONGER
  A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. Shak.
• PARTICULARITY
  1. The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail. 2. That which is particular; as: Peculiar quality; individual characteristic; peculiarity. "An old heathen altar with this particularity."
• PARTICULARLY
  1. In a particular manner; expressly; with a specific reference or interest; in particular; distinctly. 2. In an especial manner; in a high degree; as, a particularly fortunate man; a particularly bad failure. The exact propriety of Virgil
• OBJECTLESS
  Having no object; purposeless.
• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• MINIONLIKE; MINIONLY
  Like a minion; daintily. Camden.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• DISINTERESTING
  Uninteresting. "Disinteresting passages." Bp. Warburton.
• WELL-LIKING
  Being in good condition. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer .
• DEATHLIKE
  1. Resembling death. A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope. 2. Deadly. "Deathlike dragons." Shak.
• CHURCHLIKE
  Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.
• SOLDIERLIKE
  Like a soldier; soldierly.
• MISGOVERNED
  Ill governed, as a people; ill directed. "Rude, misgoverned hands." Shak.
• BEASTLIKE
  Like a beast.
• UNINTERESTED
  1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. 2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• COWLIKE
  Resembling a cow. With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope.
• UNSPECIALIZED
  Not specialized; specifically , not adapted, or set apart, for any particular purpose or function; as, an unspecialized unicellular organism. W. K. Brooks.