"fancy-pants" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fancy-pants [comparative], most fancy-pants [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} fancy-pants (comparative more fancy-pants, superlative most fancy-pants)
  1. overly fancy with little function; newfangled; complicated
    Sense id: en-fancy-pants-en-adj-j5v-Itv-

Noun

Forms: fancy-pants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|fancy-pants}} fancy-pants (plural fancy-pants)
  1. Alternative spelling of fancy pants Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: fancy pants Synonyms: fancypants
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  2. Someone fancy, silly or attractive.
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