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Definitions of “whimsy”
A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
“[…] Take heed of filling their [i.e., children's] heads with VVhimzies, and unprofitable Notions; for this vvill ſooner learn them to be malepert and proud, than ſober and humble.”
An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
“A wantonneſſe in wealth, methinks I agree not with, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jewells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains whimſied with his wealth: […]”
Synonym of whimsical.
“Whimsiest of the fairy brood, I cannot scold you if I would”
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