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whimsy |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whimsy \Whim"sy\, n. A whimsey. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl {Whimseys}or {Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.] 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whimsy n 1: a whimsical idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories" [syn: {notion}, {whim}, {whimsey}] 2: the trait of acting more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment [syn: {flightiness}, {arbitrariness}, {whimsicality}, {whimsey}, {capriciousness}]
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