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fancy-pants en · ADJ

Meanings

1. overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated
   • The front room is a fun, inclusive (read: sing-along) place, with the back reserved for more fancy-pants cabaret events 2006, Chris Baty with Karla Zimmerman, Chicago, page 185:
   • 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. 2002, y Kasey Wilson, Best Places Vancouver, page ix:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
fancypants		alternative	lexicographic
most fancy-pants	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more fancy-pants	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

fancy-pants en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of fancy pants.
   alt of fancy pants
   • 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. 2009, Shinan Govani, “Vile Bodies”, in Boldface Names, Toronto, Ont.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 39:
2. Someone fancy, silly or attractive.
   • You still with those fancy-pants from downtown.
   • That fancy-pants came around for you.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
fancy-pants	Number=Plur		lexicographic
fancypants		alternative	lexicographic