It was only in the middle ages that a genetic mutation that produces tabby cat markings appeared, first in south-west Asia and then in Europe and Africa, marking the time when humans moved beyond simply living with cats to breeding them for fancy coats and other characteristics.
"We've seen an increasing selection in larger, higher-quality diamonds, including those over two carats, with higher color and clarity characteristics and fancy shapes," Gerstein says, adding that these qualities have contributed to a large increase in sales of engagement rings with lab diamonds for her company.
The physical characteristics that define fancy goldfish (the black moor's coloring, the ryukin's hunched back appearance) develop more with age.
In a characteristic flight of fancy, Mr. Axelrod himself suggested that the collection could soar in value to $100 million over the next decade.
The illustrations of Chris Riddell, formerly with The Economist, show his characteristic flights of fancy.Admirers of Philip Pullman for his "Dark Materials" trilogy will be pleased to discover that he is no less adept at writing fantasy for younger children.
When you don't fancy someone you should talk about their characteristics.
The very title – Still Waves of Probability (Old Testament, I Kings 19) – goes to the heart of her characteristic combination of extreme rigour and mystical fancy.
"Robbins's initial work was a small masterpiece, 'Fancy Free.' He is today the most forceful and characteristic for the American urban or jazz form.
"Generally, courting males are the fancy flashers, and they signal with their light organs in characteristic, species-specific patterns of flashes.
But whether you're going to run like Forrest or stay indoors on that fancy treadmill, recognize that just like most things in running (and life, for that matter), the choice depends on intrinsic characteristics and goals.
