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NOUN (2)

1. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea;
- Example: "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"
- Example: "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"
- Example: "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
[syn: notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey]

2. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment;
- Example: "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
[syn: flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. Whimseysor
   Whimsies. [See Whim.]
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   1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd
      conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." --Ray.
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            Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift.
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            Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the
            calm revelation of truth.             --Bancroft.
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   2. (Mining) A whim.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Whimsy \Whim"sy\, n.
   A whimsey.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

whimsy
    n 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"
         [syn: notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey]
    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" [syn:
       flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy,
       whimsey, capriciousness]