Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took someone's fancy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.02 in modern English

Syllables
took -some-one's -fan-cy
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does took someone's fancy mean?
simple past of take someone's fancy

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