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A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.

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  1. n. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.
  2. n. A whim.
  3. n. A whimsey.
  4. n. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  5. n. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
  6. 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. A whimsey.
  7. n:100 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