whimsy
IPA: wˈɪmsi
noun
- A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
- (mining) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
- 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.
verb
- (transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
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Examples of "whimsy" in Sentences
- For me, it's more a bit of whimsy.
- I enjoy a bit a whimsy as much as the next guy.
- I instead used humour and whimsy to confuse him.
- It might as well be a matter of taste, or whimsy.
- Again I think you're seeing the whimsy of writers.
- Bizarre whimsy, as usual, was the order of the day.
- Thank you for a graceful blend of wit, wisdom and whimsy.
- His stories also often contain elements of fantasy or whimsy.
- Her illustrations convey a mood of whimsy and playful uncanny.
- The Philistine was bound in brown butcher paper and full of satire and whimsy.
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