WHIMSY

whimsy

Noun

  1. A quaint and fanciful idea. A whim. Playfully odd behaviour.
    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. An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
  3. A whim.

Verb

  1. To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.


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