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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason;
- Example: "a capricious refusal"
- Example: "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"
- Example: "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
[syn: capricious, impulsive, whimsical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whimsical \Whim"si*cal\, a. [From Whimsey.]
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   1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim;
      having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. "A
      whimsical insult." --Macaulay.
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            My neighbors call me whimsical.       --Addison.
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   2. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised;
      fantastic. "A whimsical chair." --Evelyn.
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   Syn: Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

whimsical
    adj 1: 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, whimsical]