Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fanciable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fan-cia-ble
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.

British usage; Informal

adj

Able to be fancied (imagined or supposed).

Dated

Example Sentences

"[…] I wondered where the poor soul had seen a less fanciable maiden than herself in our village, or any other."
"she’s only been on one date at uni, which involved sitting at a bar with a male specimen she’d thought was an interesting person, who was obviously swiping his phone to see if someone more fanciable was in the vicinity before making his pathetic excuses about having to do revision"
"doubt reasonably and fairly entertained as opposed to vague or fanciable doubt"
"[…] the factual basis for such a contention is more fanciable than real."

Etymology

Etymology tree English fancy Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fanciable From fancy + -able.

Usage

British usage
Informal
Dated

Inflected Forms

more fanciable (comparative) most fanciable (superlative)

Derived Forms

unfanciable

Synonyms

crushworthy imaginable

Questions

What does fanciable mean?: Worthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
Where does fanciable come from?: Etymology tree English fancy Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English fanciable From fancy + -able.

How to pronounce fanciable

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “fanciable”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “fanciable”.
Repeat and practice — Say “fanciable” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.