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adj
Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, informal
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Synonyms: crushworthy
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Able to be fancied (imagined or supposed).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Synonyms: imaginable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English fancy Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fanciable From fancy + -able.
