Noun: whimsy wim-zee
- An odd, fanciful or capricious idea
"he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it";
- notion, whim, whimsey
- The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
"I despair at the whimsy and whimsicality of my memory";
- flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsey, capriciousness
Derived forms: whimsies
Type of: idea, irresponsibility, irresponsibleness, thought
Encyclopedia: Whimsy