Thesaurus: whimsy
A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.
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Definitions
- n. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.
- n. A whim.
- n. A whimsey.
- 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
- 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.
- 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