Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

striking someone's fancy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables
strik-ing -some-one's -fan-cy
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
6
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of strike someone's fancy

Questions

What does striking someone's fancy mean?
present participle and gerund of strike someone's fancy

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