whimsy 
whimsy
Definition
whimsy (hwim′zē, wim′-)
noun pl. -·sies′
- an odd fancy; idle notion; whim
- curious, quaint, or fanciful humor poems full of whimsy
- something odd or whimsical, as an art object, piece of writing, etc.
Etymology: prob. < whim-wham
whimsy
Synonyms
whimsy
n.
whimsy
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- pastoral: Life's Too Good still stands up; Beefheart goes funky with a side order of pastoral whimsy.
- English: Oh, for the flimsy pensioners and truculent barrow boys of yesteryear - whither the legions of faint hearted English whimsy?
- psychedelic: Before the Flaming Lips took on matters of life and death, they were expert at psychedelic whimsy.
- pure: It could be half an hour of pure whimsy ( not unlike The Boosh then!
- harmless: These are harmless whimsies that are left behind by adolescence - or should be.
- theological: Beyond this, the theological whimsies of waste are tempting.
whimsy Quotes
Reason, an ignis fatuus in the mind, Which leaving light of nature, sense behind, Pathless and dangerous wandering ways it takes, Through error's fenny bogs and thorny brakes; Whilst the misguided follower climbs, with pain, Mountains of whimsy heaped in his own brain.
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