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Whimsy Common

Whimsy has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

"the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"

"he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"

"whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

2

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

"I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"

3

A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.

Verb
1

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

Example Sentences
"the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories" noun
"he had a whimsy about flying to the moon" noun
"whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it" noun
"I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
idea irresponsibility
Rhyming Words
mamsy ramsy mimsy momsy mumsy flimsy slimsy primsy clumsy
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