Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took a fancy to

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
took a -fan-cy -to
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took a fancy to mean?
simple past of take a fancy to

How to pronounce took a fancy to

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