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Webster 1913 Edition


Whimsey

Whim′sey

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Verb.
T.
To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
[R.]
To have a man’s brain
whimsied
with his wealth.
J. Fletcher.

Webster 1828 Edition


Whimsey

WHIMSEY

,
Noun.
s as z. [from whim.] A whim; a freak; a capricious notion; as the whimseys of poets.
Mens follies, whimsies, and inconstancy.

Definition 2024


whimsey

whimsey

English

Noun

whimsey (plural whimseys or whimsies)

  1. Alternative spelling of whimsy
    • Bancroft
      mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth