What does whimsome mean?
Whimsome means Characterised or marked by whim; whimsical.
Whimsome
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Characterised or marked by whim; whimsical.
Example Sentences
Indeed, while I worked away at various duties concerning my rank and station, the country folk conspired against me, muttering suspiciously behind closed doors like a band of cowardly rodents, and so chanced one another into some dreadfully whimsome labels and a fairly hasty, hand-tailored casus belli – all seditious themes which turned distrust to anger and anger to transgression, whence a single handful of...agitators somehow convinced their would-be peers that my assets and, more importantly, my right, had somehow worsened their condition.
John Franks is scary enough, that whimsome little smile covering the fact that he has done something awful.
A condescending tone is evident in a Photoplay article titled “Little Miss Practicality” in which the author characterizes her as a “Winsome, whimsome little lady” and “just a charming, fascinatingly pretty girl, whose charm is such a strange, wayward, elusively and delightfully feminine thing”.
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Word Forms
- more whimsome
- most whimsome
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Indeed, while I worked away at various duties concerning my rank and station, the country folk conspired against me, muttering suspiciously behind closed doors like a band of cowardly rodents, and so chanced one another into some dreadfully whimsome labels and a fairly hasty, hand-tailored casus belli – all seditious themes which turned distrust to anger and anger to transgression, whence a single handful of...agitators somehow convinced their would-be peers that my assets and, more importantly, my right, had somehow worsened their condition.
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