Question

The wine sparkled in his eyes and the bells jingled. My own fancy grew warm with the Medoc. We had passed through long walls of piled skeletons, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs. I paused again, and this time I made bold to seize Fortunato by an arm above the elbow.
The word fancy most nearly means _____. pls help

of particular excellence or quality
to believe mistakenly
extravagant or lavish
notion or imagination

Answer 1

In this sense, i think it would most likely mean 'notion or imagination' although im not 100% sure. it fits and makes the most sense, and i do sometimes see people using 'fancy' in an imaginative sense.

Answer 2

of particular excellence or quality