fancy-sick
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Subject to disordered fancy; of distempered mind; love-sick.
Examples
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To pursue the thread of Viola's destiny; -- she is engaged in the service of the Duke, whom she finds 'fancy-sick' for the love of Olivia.
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Importunate shepherd, whose loves are lawless because restless: are thy passions so extreme, that thou canst not conceal them with patience? or art thou so folly-sick, that thou must needs be fancy-sick, and in thy affection tied to such an exigent as none serves but Phoebe?
Note
This word's earliest appearance, according to the OED, is in Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream: 'All fancy sicke she is and pale of cheere, With sighes of loue.'
