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Whimsy   Listen
noun
Whimsy, Whimsey  n.  (pl. whimseys or whimsies)  
1.
A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." "Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy." "Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth."
2.
(Mining) A whim.





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"Whimsy" Quotes from Famous Books



... I turned my telescope to this point, I was startled by a very curious sight. I had placed the instrument in such a manner that its "field" was completely filled by the ruby-coloured disc of the setting sun. As I looked, I saw the singular apparition of a moving "whimsey" at the top of Brierley Hill, dark and black against the shining surface. It was an extraordinary illusion, for it looked exactly as if the rising and falling beam of the engine were attached to the surface of the ...
— Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men • E. Edwards


Words linked to "Whimsy" :   whimsicality, idea, irresponsibleness, flightiness, irresponsibility, whim


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