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Definition of Whimsiy

{ Whim"sey, Whimsy } (?), n.; pl. Whimseys (#) or Whimsies (#). [See Whim.]

1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." Ray.

Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy.
Swift.

Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth.
Bancroft.

2. (Mining) A whim.

Whim"sey, v. 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.

{ Whim"sey, Whimsy } (?), n.; pl. Whimseys (#) or Whimsies (#). [See Whim.]

1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. "The whimsies of poets and painters." Ray.

Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy.
Swift.

Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth.
Bancroft.

2. (Mining) A whim.

Whim"sey, v. 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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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