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whimsy
[ hwim-zee, wim- ]
noun
- capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression:
a play with lots of whimsy.
- an odd or fanciful notion.
- anything odd or fanciful; a product of playful or capricious fancy:
a whimsy from an otherwise thoughtful writer.
whimsy
/ ˈwɪmzɪ /
noun
- a capricious idea or notion
- light or fanciful humour
- something quaint or unusual
adjective
- quaint, comical, or unusual, often in a tasteless way
Word History and Origins
Origin of whimsy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of whimsy1
Example Sentences
If you want to add inspiration and whimsy to the desk, the Lamicall stand is the spark of originality we could all use.
In what is sometimes a very serious city, the project is a way to bring creativity, whimsy and delight to the city streets and passersby of all ages.
Whether you’re hoping to decorate a cake, jazz up a salad, adorn a cocktail, or simply enjoy a snack from nature, edible flowers can add a touch of whimsy and natural beauty to your diet.
Recognizing the dignity and the whimsy and some of the history of one other human may help, if you try to imagine the same qualities in everyone.
We did beef up on a little bit of humor, a little bit of whimsy.
There was also an off-putting conflict between whimsy and realism.
Blasim is not the kind of post-modern absurdist who trades in forced, inconsequential whimsy.
Sure, focussing on wellbeing over whimsy is okay sometimes, but it can't be our only option in a market with so much scope.
Her fantastical accumulations of detritus and throwaway goods can seem to pack more whimsy than wallop.
But instead of focusing purely on the color and whimsy of blossoms, Simons looked at their structure.
The whimsy creatures we are matched to contrast with, shift as the very winds or feather-grasses in the wind.
He called our marriage and the life we were living a comedy, and used to say it was a caprice, a whimsy.
There needs none to agitate the mind; a mere whimsy without body and without subject will rule and agitate it.
Kenny, who believed all things of Fate when the pet or victim was himself, refused absolutely to credit her crowning whimsy.
Lying in bed that morning, she found herself caught by her old impersonal whimsy.
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