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whimsy

About 0.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
  2. noun An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
  3. noun A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
  4. noun A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
  5. noun The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
  6. verb To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
  7. adjective Synonym of whimsical.

Similar words

whimsicality whim whimsey flightiness capriciousness arbitrariness notion whimsiness whimsicalness fancy

Often followed by

and of in to that or is with as

Word family

whimsey whimseys whimsies

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