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whimsical |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whimsical \Whim"si*cal\, a. [From {Whimsey}.] 1. Full of or characterized by whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. ``A whimsical insult.'' --Macaulay. My neighbors call me whimsical. --Addison. 2. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic. ``A whimsical chair.'' --Evelyn. Syn: Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whimsical adj : determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: {capricious}, {impulsive}]
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