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select
Singled out in preference; chosen:
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  1. Singled out in preference; chosen:
  2. Of special quality or value; choice:
  3. Choice; excellent; outstanding
choice
Of the US Government grade of meat higher than good and lower than prime.
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  1. Of the US Government grade of meat higher than good and lower than prime.
  2. Selected with care; well-chosen:
  3. Of very fine quality:
deluxe
Particularly elegant, luxurious, or elaborate for its kind; of superior quality or refinement:
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  1. Particularly elegant, luxurious, or elaborate for its kind; of superior quality or refinement:
  2. Of extra fine quality; luxurious; sumptuous; elegant
elaborate
Highly wrought or ornamented; complicated
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  1. Highly wrought or ornamented; complicated
  2. Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details:
  3. Intricate and rich in detail:
elegant
Marked by concision, incisiveness, and ingenuity; cleverly apt and simple
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  1. Marked by concision, incisiveness, and ingenuity; cleverly apt and simple
  2. (Informal) Excellent; fine; first-rate
  3. Characterized by dignified richness and grace, as of design, dress, style, etc.; luxurious or opulent in a restrained, tasteful manner
ornate
Heavily ornamented or adorned, often, excessively so
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  1. Heavily ornamented or adorned, often, excessively so
  2. Elaborate or showy, as in style:
decorative
That serves to decorate
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  1. That serves to decorate
  2. Serving to decorate or embellish; ornamental.
rich
Of valuable materials or fine, elaborate workmanship; costly and elegant
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  1. Of valuable materials or fine, elaborate workmanship; costly and elegant
  2. Elaborate; luxurious; sumptuous
  3. Highly varied, developed, or complex:
ostentatious
Characterized by or given to ostentation.
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  1. Characterized by or given to ostentation.
gaudy
Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
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  1. Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
  2. Bright and showy, but lacking in good taste; cheaply brilliant and ornate
showy
Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye, often in such a way that is of low quality or little merit
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  1. Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye, often in such a way that is of low quality or little merit
  2. Of striking or attractive appearance
  3. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display:
florid
Flushed with rosy color; ruddy.
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  1. Flushed with rosy color; ruddy.
  2. Highly decorated; gaudy; showy; ornate
  3. Very ornate; flowery:
intricate
Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate:
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  1. Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate:
  2. Hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts, details, or relationships
  3. Full of elaborate detail
rococo
Old-fashioned.
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  1. Old-fashioned.
  2. Of, or relating to the rococo style.
  3. Too profuse and elaborate in ornamentation; florid and tasteless
baroque
Of, characteristic of, or like a style of art and architecture characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines
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  1. Of, characteristic of, or like a style of art and architecture characterized by much ornamentation and curved rather than straight lines
  2. (Music) Of, relating to, or characteristic of a style of composition that flourished in Europe from about 1600 to 1750, marked by expressive dissonance and elaborate ornamentation.
  3. Fantastically overdecorated; gaudily ornate
gingerbread
Cheap and showy; gaudy
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  1. Cheap and showy; gaudy
resplendent
Shining brightly; full of splendor; dazzling
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  1. Shining brightly; full of splendor; dazzling
  2. Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.
  3. Brilliantly showy; magnificent or sumptuous; splendid
sumptuous
Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish:
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  1. Of a size or splendor suggesting great expense; lavish:
  2. Magnificent or splendid, as in furnishings, etc.
lavish
Very generous or liberal in giving or spending, often extravagantly so; prodigal
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  1. Very generous or liberal in giving or spending, often extravagantly so; prodigal
  2. Characterized by abundance, luxuriance, splendor, etc.
  3. Characterized by or produced with extravagance and profusion:
conception
The beginning or formation of an idea or plan:
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  1. The beginning or formation of an idea or plan:
  2. The act, process, or power of conceiving mentally; formulation of ideas, esp. of abstractions
  3. The ability to form or understand mental concepts and abstractions:
visualization
The act or process of visualizing something
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  1. The act or process of visualizing something
  2. The act or process of visualizing.
  3. The use of mental images to influence bodily processes, control pain, or prepare for athletic or other kinds of performance.
creation
An original product of human invention or artistic imagination:
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  1. An original product of human invention or artistic imagination:
  2. A creating or being created
  3. The divine act by which, according to various religious and philosophical traditions, the world was brought into existence.
whimsy
Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:
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  1. Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:
  2. A quaint and fanciful idea. A whim. Playfully odd behaviour.
  3. Something odd or whimsical, as an art object, piece of writing, etc.
fantasy
(Psychol.) A more-or-less connected series of mental images, as in a daydream, usually involving some unfulfilled desire
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  1. (Psychol.) A more-or-less connected series of mental images, as in a daydream, usually involving some unfulfilled desire
  2. (Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
  3. A work of fiction portraying highly characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world
reverie
A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
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  1. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
  2. A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. [From 1657.]
  3. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
daydream
A pleasant, dreamlike thinking or wishing; reverie
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  1. A pleasant, dreamlike thinking or wishing; reverie
  2. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
  3. A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.
caprice
An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
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  1. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
  2. A sudden, unpredictable action or change:
  3. A sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim
daydreaming
An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
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  1. An instance of daydreaming; a daydream or reverie.
romancing
The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
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  1. The process or result of embellishing something into a romantic ideal.
flight-of-fancy
(Idiomatic) An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc. which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
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  1. (Idiomatic) An idea, narrative, suggestion, etc. which is extremely imaginative and which appears to be entirely unrealistic, untrue, or impractical; thinking which is very speculative.
fancifulness
The quality of being fanciful
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  1. The quality of being fanciful
whimsicality
The quality or state of being whimsical.
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  1. The quality or state of being whimsical.
  2. A whimsical speech, notion, or action; caprice
  3. (Countable) something whimsical; a caprice.
invention
A discovery; a finding.
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  1. A discovery; a finding.
  2. The act or process of inventing:
  3. Something thought up or mentally fabricated; esp., a falsehood
imagining
Something imagined.
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  1. Something imagined.
make-believe
Alternative form of make-believe.
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  1. Alternative form of make-believe.
  2. The quality or act of pretending; assuming something is true when in fact one knows it is not.
  3. A pretending, as in children's play
caprice
An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
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  1. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
  2. A sudden, unpredictable action or change:
  3. A sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim
whim
Arbitrary thought or impulse:
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  1. Arbitrary thought or impulse:
  2. A sudden fancy; idle and passing notion; capricious idea or desire
  3. A kind of winch or capstan powered by a horse or steam, formerly used in mines to raise ore or water
vagary
An odd, eccentric, or unexpected action or bit of conduct
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  1. An odd, eccentric, or unexpected action or bit of conduct
  2. An unpredictable development or change of circumstances:
  3. An extravagant or erratic notion or action:
conceit
(--- Obsolete) The result of intellectual activity; a thought or an opinion.
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  1. (--- Obsolete) The result of intellectual activity; a thought or an opinion.
  2. The use of such expressions in writing or speaking
  3. (--- Archaic) Estimation or opinion of something, especially when favorable.
chimera
Any similar fabulous monster
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  1. Any similar fabulous monster
  2. (Greek Mythology) A fire-breathing female monster usually represented as a composite of a lion, goat, and serpent.
  3. (Gr. Myth., proper) A fire-breathing monster, usually represented as having a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail
illusion
A trick, as one designed or performed by a stage magician, appearing to defy ordinary physical laws
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  1. A trick, as one designed or performed by a stage magician, appearing to defy ordinary physical laws
  2. Something that is erroneously perceived or construed:
  3. A false idea or conception; belief or opinion not in accord with the facts
delusion
That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
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  1. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.
  2. A false belief or perception strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness, as in schizophrenia.
  3. A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
figment
Something invented, made up, or fabricated:
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  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:
fantasy
(Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
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  1. (Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
  2. A work of fiction portraying highly characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world
  3. An odd notion; whim; caprice
daydream
A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
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  1. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
  2. A pleasant, dreamlike thinking or wishing; reverie
  3. A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.
freak
Any abnormal animal, person, or plant; monstrosity
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  1. Any abnormal animal, person, or plant; monstrosity
  2. An odd or unusual happening
  3. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular:
notion
A desire; inclination; whim
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  1. A desire; inclination; whim
  2. A mental image; general idea
  3. Small lightweight items for household use, such as needles, buttons, and thread.
quirk
An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary:
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  1. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary:
  2. A sudden twist, turn, or stroke
  3. (Now Rare) A clever turn of speech; sally; quip
maggot
A wormlike insect larva, as the legless larva of the housefly: often found in decaying matter
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  1. A wormlike insect larva, as the legless larva of the housefly: often found in decaying matter
  2. (Archaic) An extravagant notion; a whim.
  3. (Archaic) An odd notion; whim
crotchet
(Music) A small hook or hooklike structure.
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  1. (Music) A small hook or hooklike structure.
  2. A peculiar whim or stubborn notion
  3. An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
humor
US spelling of humour.
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  1. US spelling of humour.
  2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
  3. Vitreous humor.
bubble
Any idea, scheme, etc. that seems plausible at first but quickly shows itself to be worthless or misleading
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  1. Any idea, scheme, etc. that seems plausible at first but quickly shows itself to be worthless or misleading
  2. A usually oval outline, as on a ballot or a standardized test form, intended to be filled in using a pencil or pen.
  3. A rounded or irregularly shaped outline containing the words that a character in a cartoon is represented to be saying.
hallucination
The imaginary object apparently seen, heard, etc.
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  1. The imaginary object apparently seen, heard, etc.
  2. The apparent perception of sights, sounds, etc. that are not actually present: it may occur in certain mental disorders
  3. Perception of visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or gustatory experiences without an external stimulus and with a compelling sense of their reality, usually resulting from a mental disorder or as a response to a drug.
liking
Fondness; affection
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  1. Fondness; affection
  2. Preference or taste:
  3. Preference or taste
partiality
A special fondness; a predilection:
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  1. A special fondness; a predilection:
  2. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
  3. Particular fondness or liking
wishes
Plural form of wish
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  1. Plural form of wish
preference
The right or chance to make a choice:
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  1. The right or chance to make a choice:
  2. The state of being preferred; favor over others:
  3. The selecting of someone or something over another or others:
envision
To picture in the mind; imagine.
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  1. To picture in the mind; imagine.
  2. To imagine (something not yet in existence); picture in the mind
conceive
To be of the opinion that; think:
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  1. To be of the opinion that; think:
  2. To become pregnant.
  3. To hold as one's conviction or opinion; think; imagine
conjecture
A conclusion or inference based upon incomplete or uncertain evidence. A conclusion or inference based upon incomplete or uncertain evidence. To make a conclusion or inference based upon such evidence.
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  1. A conclusion or inference based upon incomplete or uncertain evidence. A conclusion or inference based upon incomplete or uncertain evidence. To make a conclusion or inference based upon such evidence.
  2. To judge or conclude by conjecture; guess:
  3. To arrive at or propose by conjecture; guess
suppose
To consider to be probable or likely:
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  1. To consider to be probable or likely:
  2. To imagine; conjecture.
  3. To assume to be true or real for the sake of argument or explanation:
like
To want or wish
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  1. To want or wish
  2. To feel about; regard:
  3. To have an inclination or a preference:
favor
To be indulgent or too indulgent toward; be partial to; prefer unfairly
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  1. To be indulgent or too indulgent toward; be partial to; prefer unfairly
  2. To believe to be most likely to succeed:
  3. To regard with favor; approve or like
fantasy
A work of fiction portraying highly characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world
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  1. A work of fiction portraying highly characters or settings that have no counterparts in the real world
  2. Imagination or fancy; esp., wild, visionary fancy
  3. The creative imagination; unrestrained fancy.
imagination
The ability to understand and appreciate imaginative creations of others, esp. works of art and literature
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  1. The ability to understand and appreciate imaginative creations of others, esp. works of art and literature
  2. The ability to form mental images of things that are not present to the senses or not considered to be real:
  3. The formation of such images:
imaginativeness
The characteristic of being imaginative.
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  1. The characteristic of being imaginative.
daydream
A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
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  1. A spontaneous and fanciful series of thoughts while awake not connected to immediate reality.
  2. A pleasant, dreamlike thinking or wishing; reverie
  3. A dreamlike musing or fantasy while awake, especially of the fulfillment of wishes or hopes.
dream
(Informal) One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful:
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  1. (Informal) One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful:
  2. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
  3. A wild fancy or unrealistic hope:
fantasy
An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
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  1. An imagined event or sequence of mental images, such as a daydream, usually fulfilling a wish or psychological need.
  2. (Music) A coin issued especially by a questionable authority and not intended for use as currency.
  3. A genre of fiction or other artistic work characterized by fanciful or supernatural elements.
fiction
Something accepted as fact for the sake of convenience, although not necessarily true
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  1. Something accepted as fact for the sake of convenience, although not necessarily true
  2. Works in this category:
  3. Narrative, explanatory material, or belief that is not true or has been imagined or fabricated:
figment
Something invented, made up, or fabricated:
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  1. Something invented, made up, or fabricated:
illusion
A fine transparent net fabric, used for dresses or trimmings.
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  1. A fine transparent net fabric, used for dresses or trimmings.
  2. Something that is erroneously perceived or construed:
  3. A trick, as one designed or performed by a stage magician, appearing to defy ordinary physical laws
phantasm
A perception of something that has no physical reality; figment of the mind; esp., a specter, or ghost
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  1. A perception of something that has no physical reality; figment of the mind; esp., a specter, or ghost
  2. (Philos.) A mental impression of a real person or thing
  3. Something apparently seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or an apparition.
phantasma
Alternative form of phantasm.
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  1. Alternative form of phantasm.
reverie
A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
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  1. A dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream
  2. Dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming
  3. An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.
vision
The mystical experience of seeing something that is not in fact present to the eye or is supernatural.
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  1. The mystical experience of seeing something that is not in fact present to the eye or is supernatural.
  2. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight:
  3. The faculty of sight; eyesight:
bee
Any of a large superfamily (Apoidea) of broad-bodied, four-winged, hairy hymenopteran insects that gather pollen and nectar, have biting as well as sucking mouthparts, and often live in organized colonies; esp., the honeybee
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  1. Any of a large superfamily (Apoidea) of broad-bodied, four-winged, hairy hymenopteran insects that gather pollen and nectar, have biting as well as sucking mouthparts, and often live in organized colonies; esp., the honeybee
  2. A bee block.
  3. A meeting of people to work together or to compete
caprice
An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
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  1. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively:
  2. A sudden, unpredictable action or change:
  3. A sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim
conceit
A fanciful or witty expression or notion; often, specif., a striking and elaborate metaphor, sometimes one regarded, esp. formerly, as strained and arbitrary
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  1. A fanciful or witty expression or notion; often, specif., a striking and elaborate metaphor, sometimes one regarded, esp. formerly, as strained and arbitrary
  2. A fanciful poetic image, especially an elaborate or exaggerated comparison.
  3. (--- Obsolete) The result of intellectual activity; a thought or an opinion.
freak
Any abnormal animal, person, or plant; monstrosity
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  1. Any abnormal animal, person, or plant; monstrosity
  2. An abnormally formed organism, especially one regarded as a curiosity.
  3. A thing or occurrence that is markedly unusual or irregular:
humor
US spelling of humour.
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  1. US spelling of humour.
  2. That which is intended to induce laughter or amusement:
  3. Vitreous humor.
impulse
A sudden inclination to act, usually without premeditation
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  1. A sudden inclination to act, usually without premeditation
  2. The change of momentum of a body or physical system over a time interval in classical mechanics, equal to the force applied times the length of the time interval over which it is applied.
  3. A sudden wish or urge that prompts an unpremeditated act or feeling; an abrupt inclination:
megrim
(Rare) Low spirits; the blues
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  1. (Rare) Low spirits; the blues
  2. Depression or unhappiness:
  3. (Archaic) A whim, fancy, or fad
notion
A vague thought
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  1. A vague thought
  2. A desire; inclination; whim
  3. A mental image; general idea
vagary
An odd, eccentric, or unexpected action or bit of conduct
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  1. An odd, eccentric, or unexpected action or bit of conduct
  2. An extravagant or erratic notion or action:
  3. An unpredictable development or change of circumstances:
whim
(Mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes
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  1. (Mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes
  2. A kind of winch or capstan powered by a horse or steam, formerly used in mines to raise ore or water
  3. Arbitrary thought or impulse:
whimsy
Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:
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  1. Quaint, fanciful, or playful humor:
  2. Something odd or whimsical, as an art object, piece of writing, etc.
  3. A quaint and fanciful idea. A whim. Playfully odd behaviour.
liking
Preference or taste
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  1. Preference or taste
  2. A like; a predilection.
  3. A feeling of attraction or love; fondness:
mind
The part or faculty of a person by which one feels, perceives, thinks, remembers, desires, and imagines:
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  1. The part or faculty of a person by which one feels, perceives, thinks, remembers, desires, and imagines:
  2. Focus of thought; attention:
  3. Opinion or sentiment:
pleasure
A source of enjoyment or delight:
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  1. A source of enjoyment or delight:
  2. A pleased feeling; enjoyment; delight; satisfaction
  3. One's preference or wish:
will
The particular desire, purpose, pleasure, choice, etc. of a certain person or group
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  1. The particular desire, purpose, pleasure, choice, etc. of a certain person or group
  2. Disposition or attitude toward others
  3. Strong and fixed purpose; determination
amorousness
The state or quality of being amorous.
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  1. The state or quality of being amorous.
love
A feeling of brotherhood and good will toward other people
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  1. A feeling of brotherhood and good will toward other people
  2. An expression of one's love or affection
  3. An expression of one's affection:
passion
An artistic work, as an oratorio or a play, based on these narratives
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  1. An artistic work, as an oratorio or a play, based on these narratives
  2. Any one of the emotions, as hate, grief, love, fear, joy, etc.
  3. Strong love or affection
romance
A love affair:
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  1. A love affair:
  2. Excitement, love, and adventure of the kind found in such literature; romantic quality or spirit
  3. A love affair
fanciful
Full of fancy; indulging in fancies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical
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  1. Full of fancy; indulging in fancies; imaginative in a playful way; whimsical
  2. Showing fancy in construction or design; quaint; odd
  3. Imaginative or fantastic; unreal or imagined
fantastic
Exceedingly great in size or degree; extravagant:
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  1. Exceedingly great in size or degree; extravagant:
  2. Having a strange or weird appearance; grotesque; odd
  3. Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
imaginative
Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
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  1. Tending to indulge in the fanciful or in make-believe.
  2. Having a lively imagination, especially a creative imagination.
  3. Having, using, or showing imagination; having great creative powers
whimsical
Full of or characterized by whimsy; quaintly, playfully, or gently humorous
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  1. Full of or characterized by whimsy; quaintly, playfully, or gently humorous
  2. Subject to sudden change; unpredictable
  3. Playful or fanciful, especially in a humorous way:
complicated
Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
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  1. Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
  2. Made up of parts intricately involved; hard to untangle, solve, understand, analyze, etc.
  3. Not easy to understand or analyze because of being intricate:
elaborate
Highly wrought or ornamented; complicated
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  1. Highly wrought or ornamented; complicated
  2. Planned or executed with painstaking attention to numerous parts or details:
  3. Intricate and rich in detail:
intricate
Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate:
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  1. Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate:
  2. Hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts, details, or relationships
  3. Full of elaborate detail
exclusive
Not accompanied by others; single or sole:
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  1. Not accompanied by others; single or sole:
  2. Excluding some or most, as from membership or participation:
  3. Excluding or tending to exclude:
posh
Affectedly imitating characteristics of the upper class; pretentious:
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  1. Affectedly imitating characteristics of the upper class; pretentious:
  2. (Informal) Luxurious and fashionable; elegant
  3. Fashionable or luxurious:
swank
Swanky.
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  1. Swanky.
  2. (Informal) Ostentatiously stylish
swanky
(Informal) Ostentatiously stylish; expensive and showy
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  1. (Informal) Ostentatiously stylish; expensive and showy
  2. Strikingly fashionable or luxurious.
  3. Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.
ritzy
(Slang) Luxurious, fashionable, elegant, etc.
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  1. (Slang) Luxurious, fashionable, elegant, etc.
conceive
To cause an offspring to begin life
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  1. To cause an offspring to begin life
  2. To be of the opinion that; think:
  3. To hold as one's conviction or opinion; think; imagine
envisage
To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility:
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  1. To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility:
  2. To consider or regard in a certain way.
  3. To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine or envision.
envision
To picture in the mind; imagine.
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  1. To picture in the mind; imagine.
  2. To imagine (something not yet in existence); picture in the mind
fantasize
To indulge in fantasies.
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  1. To indulge in fantasies.
  2. To create or imagine in a fantasy; have daydreams about
  3. (Intransitive, usually with about) To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
image
To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device:
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  1. To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device:
  2. To picture mentally; imagine or visualize:
  3. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture:
imagine
To use the imagination
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  1. To use the imagination
  2. To have a notion of or about without adequate foundation; fancy or believe:
  3. To suppose; guess; think
picture
To form a mental image of; visualize:
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  1. To form a mental image of; visualize:
  2. To describe or explain
  3. To form a mental picture or impression of; imagine
see
To refer to or look at:
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  1. To refer to or look at:
  2. To have the power to perceive with the eyes:
  3. To visit for consultation:
think
To devise or evolve; invent:
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  1. To devise or evolve; invent:
  2. To use the mind in a certain way:
  3. To reason about or reflect on; ponder:
vision
To picture in the mind; envision.
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  1. To picture in the mind; envision.
  2. To see in or as in a vision; imagine
visualize
To render visible, as in an image or representation:
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  1. To render visible, as in an image or representation:
  2. To form a mental image of; envisage:
  3. To engage in psychological visualization with regard to something such as pain or a body process.
feature
To sketch or show the features of
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  1. To sketch or show the features of
  2. (Informal) To picture mentally; imagine:
  3. (Dial.) To look like; favor
like
To want or wish
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  1. To want or wish
  2. To feel about; regard:
  3. To have an inclination or a preference:
take to
(Idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.
  2. (Idiomatic) To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
conceit
(Obsolete) To understand; conceive.
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  1. (Obsolete) To understand; conceive.
  2. (Brit., Dial.) To think well of; take a fancy to
  3. (Obs.) To think or imagine
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  • Fancy seeing you alive.

  • You own a fancy place and drive a practically new jeep.

  • Her gaze landed on the dining room, which looked much like that of a fancy restaurant.

  • How can you torture me and yourself like that, for a mere fancy? said Nicholas taking her hand.

  • It was natural, if not strictly logical, that the ocean river should be extended from a narrow stream to a world-embracing sea, and here again Greek theory, or rather fancy, gave its modern name to the greatest feature of the globe.

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