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Meaning of 'whimsey' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Whimsey [ n.]
- Alt. of Whimsy
2 . Whimsey [ v. t.]
- To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.

Meaning of 'whimsey' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . whimsey [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
Example in sentence:
  • he had a whimsy about flying to the moon;
  • the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories;
  • whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it
Meaning (2):
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
Example in sentence:
  • I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory

Nearby Words:

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