Thesaurus: whimsey

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1. n. Alt. of Whimsy
2. v. t. To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
3. n. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
4. n. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
5. 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." Ray. Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. Swift. Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. Bancroft. 2. (Mining) A whim. To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze. [R.] To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. J. Fletcher.
6. To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.[R.]To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. J. Fletcher.
7. n an odd or fanciful or capricious idea n the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment