Fancy-dan
adjective
Pretentious; highfalutin: It’s fancy-Dan nomenclature (1930s+)
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noun 1. Also called pan-Indian dancing. a fast Native American powwow dance that features jumping and twirling, with participants wearing bright colors and flying feathers and ribbons. 2. a dress ball.
- Fancy-diving
noun 1. diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.
- Fancy-dive
noun 1. any of the series of specified dives executed in fancy diving, as the jackknife or gainer.
- Fancy-dress
noun 1. a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character. noun 1.
- Fancy-fern
noun 1. a common fern, Dryopteris austriaca spinulosa, having delicate, lacy leaves and used extensively in floral arrangements.