whimsicality
whimsicality · whimsicalities
The state of being whimsicalThe state of being whimsical.
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)The state of being whimsical.
(countable)Something whimsical; a caprice.
More definitions
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
- the trait of behaving like an imp
Origin
From whimsical + -ity.From whimsical + -ity.
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Forms
plural: whimsicalities| Singular | whimsicality |
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regular
Synonyms
8 synonymsClose in meaning
- the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment:flightinessarbitrarinesswhimsywhimseycapriciousness
- the trait of behaving like an imp:impishnessmischievousnesspuckishness
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedwhimsical
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.