Chelfitsch, by the way, is a fanciful mutilation of the English word "selfish," said as a baby would pronounce it.
On Monday night the Met obliged Ms. Fleming with another house premiere, Rossini's "Armida," in a fanciful production by the director Mary Zimmerman.
Jay Carney, the president's press secretary, said the idea that the automatic cuts were all the president's idea is a "fanciful confection" invented by Republicans.
One gallery in the exhibit is devoted to a fanciful, witty installation by Baltimore-based multimedia artist Stephanie Barber.
When she spotted 18th-century prints of insects by Franz Panzer, framed with letterpress cards with a fanciful red border, she had to have them.
A Tolkienesque round temple with a fanciful shingled roof topped by a stylized hti, an ornate umbrella, anchors the complex.
This is a fanciful summary of the basic quandary created by the quantum revolution of a century ago.
The Type 2 and 3 gold dollars depict Liberty as a Native American princess, with a fanciful feathered headdress not resembling any worn by any Indian tribe.
The central courtyard has a fanciful mosaic depicting racing chariots in a hippodrome, drawn by teams of peacocks, geese and ducks.
Wright's "Anna Karenina" isn't a straight-forward adaptation of the novel, but a fanciful, expressionistic reinterpretation of it, with a knowing, self-conscious screenplay by Tom Stoppard.
