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  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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