See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

FANCY (a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, dating from the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, See also:

• MODERN

modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, See also:

• OAT (O. Eng. ate; the word is not found in cognate languages; it may be allied with Fr. eitel, knot, nodule, cf. Gr. oiSos swelling)

Oat Pais, to show)  , display, showing forth, as a philosophical See also:

• TERM

term, the presentative See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of the mind . The word " See also:

• FANCY (a shortened form, dating from the 15th century, of " fantasy," which is derived through the O. Fr. fantasie, modern fantaisie. from the Latinized form of the Gr. cbavraoia, Oavrai'ecv, Oat Pais, to show)

fancy " and the older See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " fantasy," which is now chiefly used poetic-ally, was in its See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early application synonymous with See also:

• IMAGINATION

imagination, the See also:

• MENTAL

mental See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of creating representations or images of things not See also:

• PRESENT

present to the senses; it is more usually, in this sense, applied to the lighter forms of the imagination . " Fancy " also commonly means inclination, whim, caprice . The more learned form phantasy," as also such words as " phantom " and " phantasm," is chiefly confined to visionary imaginings .