whimsy dictionary.com
- capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression.
- an odd or fanciful notion.
- anything odd or fanciful; a product of playful or capricious fancy.
Synonyms: humor, whim, caprice
whimsy Cambridge Dictionary
- unusual, funny, and pleasant ideas or qualities:
- a sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained
- something that is intended to be strange and humorous but in fact has little real meaning or value
whimsy OED
"playfulness and caprice"
whimsied, adj. a1625—1835 Filled with whims; made whimsical.
whimsical, adj. & n. 1653— Characterized by deviation from the ordinary as…
whimsily, adv. 1654—
whimsy-pate, n. 1654—
whimsy-megrim, n. a1680—
whimsic, adj. ?c1684 = whimsy, n. A.II.5.
whimsy-headed, adj. 1699—
whimsy-board, n. 1702—10 ? a board or table used in some game of chance…
water whimsey, n. 1807— = water whim, n.
whimsy-whamsy, n. 1807— = whim-wham, n. 2. Also attributive.
whimsy-shaft, n. 1821—
whimsiness, n. 1909—
from /Conviv
Boffo: Nonsense, foolishness, and the comedic