Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fancy-pants

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: fan-cy--pants
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of fancy pants.

noun

Someone fancy, silly or attractive.

adj

overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated

Example Sentences

"It was in the bellows of a subterranean bar in Toronto known as And/Or, renowned, in no particular order, for its steep drinks, fancy-pants, and proprietor with well-attended-to torso."
"That fancy-pants came around for you."
"You still with those fancy-pants from downtown."
"What are you planning to do with that fancy-pants machine?"
"Fortified by years of greasy spoon eating, he's since borrowed nicer clothes to sneak into the more fancy-pants places."
"The front room is a fun, inclusive (read: sing-along) place, with the back reserved for more fancy-pants cabaret events"

Inflected Forms

fancypants (alternative) more fancy-pants (comparative) most fancy-pants (superlative)

Questions

What does fancy-pants mean?: Alternative spelling of fancy pants.

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