whimsey

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noun

1. 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, capriciousness
• Derivationally related forms:
capricious (for: capriciousness), whimsical (for: whimsy), whimsical (for: whimsicality), arbitrary (for: arbitrariness), flighty (for: flightiness)
• Hypernyms:
irresponsibility, irresponsibleness
2. 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
• Derivationally related forms:
whimsical (for: whimsy)
• Hypernyms:
idea, thought