[…] Take heed of filling their [i.e., children's] heads with VVhimzies, and unprofitable Notions; for this vvill ſooner learn them to be malepert and proud, than ſober and humble.
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Whimsy
/ˈwɪmzi/
Synonyms for "whimsy" (125 found)
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Noun(5 words)
deliriumdeviancydeviationdifferentnessdispositiondivergencedottinessdreameccentricityeidolonerraticismerraticnessfadfancyfantasquefantastic notionfantasyfictionfigmentfigment of the imagination
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flimflamfool notionfreakfreakinessfreakish inspirationfreakishnesshallucinationharebrained ideahumorideaidealidiocrasy
Adjective(1 words)
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idiosyncrasyidle fancyillusionimageryimaginationimagininginclinationinsubstantial imageinventionirregularitykinkmaggotmake believemake-believemannerismmegrimmoodinessmythnonconformitynotion
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odditypassing fancypeculiaritypetulancephantasmphantomprankqueernessquipquirkquirkinessromancesick fancysingularitystrangenessstretch of the imaginationthick-coming fanciesthoughttoytricktriptwistunconventionalityunnaturalnessvagaryvaporvisionwhimwhim whamwhim-whamwhimsicalitywildest dreamwildest dreams
Adjective(2 words)
wild imaginationzany
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12 entriesaesthetic qualitybehavioral traitdecision criteriondesign traitemotionideairresponsibilityirresponsiblenessmoodsocial phenomenontemperamentthought
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6 entrieschildlike whimsycultural whimsydesign whimsydreamlike whimsypastoral whimsyplayful whimsy
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10 total sentences available.
These days! where e'en th' extravagance of poetry, / Is at a loss for figures to express / Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy, / And by a faint description makes them less.
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[A]ll the ridiculous and extravagant ſhapes that can be imagin'd, all the fancies and whimſies of Poets and Painters and Ægyptian Idolaters, if ſo be they are conſiſtent with Life and Propagation, would be now actually in Being, if our Atheiſt's Notion were true: […]
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Egad, if her Majeſty has often theſe VVhimſies, I ſhall petition the Court to build a Bridge over the River, or let me reſign my Employment.
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