Dictionary

whimsicality en · NOUN

Etymology

From whimsical + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state of being whimsical.
2. (countable) Something whimsical; a caprice.
   • We ask: Has this same ‘perhaps not ill-written Program,’ or any other authentic Transaction of that Property-conserving Society, fallen under the eye of the British Reader, in any Journal foreign or domestic? If so, what are those Prize-Questions; what are the terms of Competition, and when and where? No printed Newspaper-leaf, no farther light of any sort, to be met with in these Paper-bags! Or is the whole business one other of those whimsicalities and perverse inexplicabilities, whereby Herr Teufelsdröckh, meaning much or nothing, is pleased so often to play fast-and-loose with us? 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Pause”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 139:

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Translations (4)

nl grilligheid (state) · fi oikullisuus (state) · fi oikuttelu (state) · nl speelsheid (state)