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fancifulness

/ˈfænsɪfəɫnəs/ noun

The quality of being fanciful.

Word Origin Fancifulness comes from fancy, which is a contraction of fantasy, from Greek phantasia 'imagination, appearance.' The root phainein 'to show' gives us fantastic, epiphany (a showing forth), and diaphanous (showing through). Fanciful means 'full of fancy, imaginative,' and fancifulness is that quality. The PIE root *bha- 'to shine' is behind it all — imagination as a shining forth of images.

noun The quality of being fanciful. countable

The fancifulness of her stories captivated the children.

(名词) 奇想；幻想；异想天开

她故事中丰富的想象力深深吸引了孩子们。

(sustantivo) fantasía; imaginación; capricho [La cualidad de ser imaginativo o caprichoso.]

Lo imaginativo de sus historias cautivó a los niños.

(nom) fantaisie; chimère; caprice; imaginaire [Caractère de ce qui est fantaisiste, imaginatif ou extravagant.]

La fancifulness de ses histoires captivait les enfants.

(Substantiv) Versponnenheit; Phantasiereichtum [Die Eigenschaft, fantasievoll, verspielt oder unrealistisch zu sein; oft in Bezug auf Ideen oder Darstellungen.]

Die **fancifulness** ihrer Geschichten begeisterte die Kinder.

(名詞) 空想に富み、現実から離れた様子をしている性質。

彼女の物語の豊かな空想性は、子供たちの心を強く引きつけた。

(substantivo) fantasia; capricho; extravagância [A qualidade de ser fantasioso ou extravagante.]

O caráter fantasioso das histórias dela cativava as crianças.

Synonyms: whimsicality fantasy imagination fancy whimsy capriciousness dreaminess Antonyms: realism practicality literalness soberness
Word parts: fancy + ful + ness

Related words

fanciness fantastic fantastical

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