fancifulness
(ˈfænsɪfʊlnɪs)
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being fanciful.
| 1667 H. More Div. Dial. iv. xxiv. (1713) 347 Some..suspecting such Interpretations of overmuch Phancifulness. 1677 Hale Prim. Orig. Man. ii. v. 168 Transported with too much fancifulness. 1818 Bp. Horne's Wks. (ed. 2) I. Pref. p. xi, Charges him [the bishop] with fancifulness and presumption. 1857 W. Collins Dead Secret v. iii. (1861) 218 A..fancifulness in her execution of the music. |