fancy house
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2.5
- noun
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casa lujosa
- When my friend and her ex broke up, she got to keep the fancy house.
- live in a fancy house
- big fancy house
As soon as you get yourself, you know, a fancy house, now you have to start paying taxes on it.
- As soon as you get yourself, you know, a fancy house, now you have to start paying taxes on it.
- I was seeing, seeing this this world of the Upper East Side and these fancy houses in the Hamptons and the way they lived.
- We drive through white peoples neighborhoods and you see their fancy houses. Some of them had gates, but all of them had trees.
Examples
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The car screeches to a halt in front of a fancy house with a "For Sale, Open House" sign out front.
Fiction book (2002) -
It is a gorgeous city full of fancy houses, well-dressed wealthy people, and lots of seafood!
Blog text (12) -
I know you like your new fancy house.
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You have such a fancy house.
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Perhaps you wanted to sell the ring so you could live in a big, fancy house.
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It's October, and who is in the market for a fancy house?
Fiction book (1998) -
I don't need a fancy house.
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So you think it's fair that he gets to live in that big, fancy house, and you're here all alone?
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Wilma Slaghoople, I can't give you diamonds or fast cars or fancy houses.
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They invited us to their stunning fancy house, complete with a swimming pool and a beautiful garden.
Synonyms
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3.4
A very large, impressive house often with many rooms and gardens
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5.8
A large country house often the home of a rich family
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3.2
A large fancy house in the countryside or suburbs that people use as a holiday home
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6.0
A large old country house once owned by a rich landowner
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5.7
A large, impressive house in the country owned by a rich family
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9.1
A large grand house used as a private home
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4.0
A very large, impressive house where a rich family lives
A fancy, expensive place for eating or drinking said as a joke
Antonyms
How Luxurious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an elaborate or luxurious home' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'fancy' (ornate, showy) with 'house' (a dwelling). This simple adjective+noun composition follows ordinary adjectival modification patterns found across languages and would be clear to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Fancy house comes from the picture of the word fancy, meaning showy, and the word house, meaning home. Imagine a home full of expensive furniture and decorations you see in magazines or on TV, so it means 'an elaborate or luxurious home'.