[…] 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" (115 found)
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Strong matches (35)
Related words (57)
idle fancyillusionimageryimaginationimagininginclinationinsubstantial imageinventionirregularitykinkmaggotmake believemake-believemannerismmegrimmoodinessmythnonconformityodditypassing fancy
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Noun(5 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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14 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- каприз noun (character)
- своенравност noun (character)
- хрумване noun (idea)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 奇思妙想 noun (idea)
Dutch
3 entries- bevlieging noun (idea)
- kuur noun (idea)
- luim noun (idea)
Finnish
2 entries- oikku noun (idea)
- oikuttelija noun (character)
French
2 entries- facétieux noun (character)
- fantaisie noun (idea)
German
4 entries- Grille noun (idea)
- Klamauk noun (idea)
- Laune noun (idea)
- Launigkeit noun (character)
Italian
2 entries- capriccio noun (idea)
- stravaganza noun (idea)
Polish
3 entries- kaprys noun (idea)
- urojenie noun (idea)
- widzimisię noun (idea)
Portuguese
2 entries- capricho noun (idea)
- impulsivo noun (character)
Turkish
1 entries- kapris noun (idea)
Sample sentences
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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