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whimsy

UK/ˈwɪmzi/ US/ˈʍɪmzi/ rare

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”
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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”
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Origin

Probably from whims + -y. Related to whim-wham, whim.

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