Definition of Fancy-free

1. Adjective. Having no commitments or responsibilities; carefree. "A fancy-free bachelor"

Similar to: Uncommitted

Definition of Fancy-free

1. Adjective. Free of commitments or obligations ¹

2. Adjective. Having no spouse or other partner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fancy-free

fanciful
fancifull
fancifully
fancifulness
fancifulnesses
fancify
fancifying
fanciless
fancily
fanciness
fancinesses
fancruft
fancy-dress
fancy-dress ball
fancy-free (current term)
fancy-pants
fancy dress
fancy goods
fancy man
fancy pants
fancy that
fancy up
fancy woman
fancying
fancymonger
fancymongers
fancypants
fancywork
fancyworks

Literary usage of Fancy-free

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"Was she so wholly fancy-free ? The amount and extent of fancy captivity which could be ... And I think we may say that thenceforward Kate was fancy-free as ..."

2. Letters of Thomas Edward Brown: Author of 'Fo'c'sle Yarns' by Thomas Edward Brown (1900)
"... how she fared in the tents of this dreadful Kedar, how from the shadow of that grim eclipse she passed ' in maiden meditation fancy-free.' To ST IRWIN. ..."

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