Whimsy

Quick meaning: Whimsy is a noun meaning A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.

Meaning

A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.

More Meanings

1. An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
2. (mining, countable) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
3. (glassblowing, countable) The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
4. (transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
5. Synonym of whimsical.
6. (countable) 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.

Example Sentences

[…] but in effect it seemed to have heaps of Amelie-style whimsy but no deeper unity or coherence.

"Dori, you have to solve this puzzle!" / "Sure, right away doctor. Quality construction … clean edges. Oh, a whimsy!"

Egad, if her Majeſty has often theſe VVhimſies, I ſhall petition the Court to build a Bridge over the River, or let me reſign my Employment.

It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.

Word Forms

• whimsies
• whimsey
• whimsying
• whimsied
• whimsier
• whimsiest

Synonyms for whimsy

Depending on context, synonyms include whimsical, notion, capriciousness, whim, whimsicality, arbitrariness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whimsicality, whim, whimsey, flightiness, capriciousness, arbitrariness.

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