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whimsey
noun
1. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
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I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory

Syn: ↑flightiness, ↑arbitrariness, ↑whimsicality, ↑whimsy, ↑capriciousness
Derivationally related forms: ↑capricious (for: ↑capriciousness), ↑whimsical (for: ↑whimsy), ↑whimsical (for: ↑whimsicality), ↑arbitrary (for: ↑arbitrariness), ↑flighty (for: ↑flightiness)
Hypernyms: ↑irresponsibility, ↑irresponsibleness
2. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
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the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories

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he had a whimsy about flying to the moon

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whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it

Syn: ↑notion, ↑whim, ↑whimsy
Derivationally related forms: ↑whimsical (for: ↑whimsy)
Hypernyms: ↑idea, ↑thought

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I. noun
see whimsy I
II. adjective
see whimsy II

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/hwim"zee, wim"-/, n., pl. whimseys.
whimsy.

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whimple, whimsey
see wimple, whimsy.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.