fancier

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈfænsiɚ/ UK /ˈfænsiə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person with a special interest in breeding or keeping something

As a pigeon fancier, he kept dozens of birds on the roof.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person with a special... enthusiast aficionado devotee connoisseur breeder hobbyist

Word family

Related forms fancy fancify fancied

Etymology

From 'fancy' (verb, 'to take a liking to') + the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Fancy' is a contraction of 'fantasy', from Old French 'fantasie', from Latin 'phantasia', from Ancient Greek 'phantasía' ('appearance, imagination').

phantasía Ancient Greek

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# fancier

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈfænsiɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfænsiə/

## Meanings
1. a person with a special interest in breeding or keeping something

## Examples
- As a pigeon fancier, he kept dozens of birds on the roof.

## Synonyms
- enthusiast
- aficionado
- devotee
- connoisseur
- breeder
- hobbyist

## Related Forms
- fancy
- fancify
- fancied

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: phantasía

## Etymology
From 'fancy' (verb, 'to take a liking to') + the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Fancy' is a contraction of 'fantasy', from Old French 'fantasie', from Latin 'phantasia', from Ancient Greek 'phantasía' ('appearance, imagination').

## AI Etymology
Fancier comes from 'fancy' (verb, 'to take a liking to') + the agentive suffix '-er'. 'Fancy' is a contraction of 'fantasy', from Old French 'fantasie', from Latin 'phantasia', from Ancient Greek 'phantasía' ('appearance, imagination'). The historical trail runs through Ancient Greek phantasía. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means a person with a special interest in breeding or keeping something. Related forms include fancy, fancify, fancied.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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