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Synonyms for whimsy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hwim-zee, wim-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʰwɪm zi, ˈwɪm-

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Définition of whimsy

Origin :
  • c.1600, probably related to whimwham.
  • noun quaint or fanciful quality or humor
  • noun odd or fanciful notion
  • noun notion
Example sentences :
  • At last the whimsy of my soul is outmatched by the turn of events.
  • Extract from : « Clair de Lune » by Michael Strange
  • He danced there like the whimsy sunbeam of a shaken water below.
  • Extract from : « The Celt and Saxon, Complete » by George Meredith
  • He felt all the blood in him bound out of his heart to meet her whimsy.
  • Extract from : « The Tigress » by Anne Warner
  • "Hum," Shorty said, the light of whimsy dancing in his eyes.
  • Extract from : « Smoke Bellew » by Jack London
  • The big city was no longer an old familiar mother, whose every mood and whimsy he sensed unerringly; now he was a stranger.
  • Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson
  • The whimsy creatures we are matched to contrast with, shift as the very winds or feather-grasses in the wind.
  • Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
  • Another roll to larboard—the sloop in her whimsy hung there, tormenting him through a time of sunny blindness and no breathing.
  • Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn
  • The passion of father for daughter, of mother for son—there is often something very loverlike in it—a deal of whimsy!
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 2 of 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • The name could mean anything or nothing, according to the whimsy of the lower courts.
  • Extract from : « The Executioner » by Frank Riley
  • He is in his droll way of whimsy a social critic beneath the irresponsible play of a poet's fancy and an idealist's vision.
  • Extract from : « How to See a Play » by Richard Burton

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