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tickle one's fancy
tickle one's fancy
Appeal to one, be to one's liking, as in That joke tickled my fancy. This term uses fancy in the sense of "liking" or "taste." [Second half of 1700s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Tod | | [tɔd] | |
IngibjÖRg | | - | Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic |
Kyriaki | | - | Greek |
Finnian | | - | Irish |
Gaiana | | - | Ancient Greek (Latinized) |
Io | | IE-o (English), EE-o (English) | Greek Mythology |