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whimsy
(encz) | whimsy,rozmar n: Zdeněk Brož |
whimsy
(encz) | whimsy,vrtoch n: Zdeněk Brož |
Whimsy
(gcide) | Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. Whimseysor
Whimsies. [See Whim.]
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1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd
conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." --Ray.
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Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift.
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Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the
calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft.
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2. (Mining) A whim.
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Whimsy
(gcide) | Whimsy \Whim"sy\, n.
A whimsey.
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whimsy
(wn) | whimsy
n 1: an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "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"
[syn: notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey]
2: the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or
caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the
flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" [syn:
flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsy,
whimsey, capriciousness] |
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Whimsy
(gcide) | Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. Whimseysor
Whimsies. [See Whim.]
[1913 Webster]
1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd
conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." --Ray.
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Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift.
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Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the
calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft.
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2. (Mining) A whim.
[1913 Webster]Whimsy \Whim"sy\, n.
A whimsey.
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