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Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.

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  1. a. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish.
  2. a. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
  3. adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
  4. 1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. "A whimsical insult." Macaulay. My neighbors call me whimsical. Addison. 2. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic. "A whimsical chair." Evelyn. Syn. -- Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic.
  5. j:100 s determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason