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Whimsical — Whim si*cal, a. [From {Whimsey}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. A whimsical insult. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] My neighbors call me whimsical. Addison.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Whimsical — may refer to: * Whimsical, the 1906 winner of the Preakness Stakes * Whimsical, a song by Days of the New from their 1997 album Days of the New (also known as the Orange album ) * Whimsical, a Norwegian musician … Wikipedia
whimsical — index arbitrary and capricious, capricious, original (creative) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
whimsical — 1650s, from WHIMSY (Cf. whimsy). Related: Whimsically … Etymology dictionary
whimsical — [adj] playful, fanciful amusing, arbitrary, capricious, chancy, chimerical, comical, curious, dicey, droll, eccentric, erratic, fantastic, flaky*, freakish, funny, kinky*, mischievous, odd, peculiar, quaint, queer*, quizzical, singular, uncertain … New thesaurus
whimsical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) playfully quaint or fanciful. 2) acting or behaving in a capricious manner. DERIVATIVES whimsicality noun whimsically adverb … English terms dictionary
whimsical — [hwim′zi kəl, wim′zi kəl] adj. 1. full of or characterized by whims or whimsy 2. oddly out of the ordinary; fanciful; freakish 3. subject to sudden change; unpredictable whimsically adv … English World dictionary
whimsical — whimsically, adv. /hwim zi keuhl, wim /, adj. 1. given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious: a pixyish, whimsical fellow. 2. of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: Her writing showed whimsical notions of human… … Universalium
whimsical — [[t](h)wɪ̱mzɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical. McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side... His graphic art became slighter and more… … English dictionary
whimsical — whim|si|cal [ wımzıkl, hwımzıkl ] adjective 1. ) made or done for fun, not seriously: a whimsical design 2. ) slightly strange or old fashioned: his whimsical smile ╾ whim|si|cal|ly [ wımzıkli, hwımzıkli ] adverb … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whimsical — adjective 1) a whimsical sense of humor Syn: fanciful, playful, mischievous, waggish, quaint, quizzical, curious, droll; eccentric, quirky, idiosyncratic, unconventional, outlandish, queer, fey; informal offbeat, freaky 2) … Thesaurus of popular words
