whimsey, n.
(whimseys)
(whimseys)
the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
<noun.attribute>
arbitrariness capriciousness flightiness whimsey whimsicality whimsy
<noun.attribute>
arbitrariness capriciousness flightiness whimsey whimsicality whimsy
sample sentences
"I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
notion whim whimsey whimsy
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
notion whim whimsey whimsy
sample sentences
"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"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym