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whimsey::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsicality, whimsy |
| Type of | irresponsibility, irresponsibleness |
Examples of whimsey
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As a father, I'm often encouraged by flights of whimsey to expose my son the magic of model rocketry.
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Rachel Van Wagoner is a ceramic artist who emphasizes color in her bowls and vessels to capture the spirit of Technicolor whimsey and dream-like visions.
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For one thing, circumstantial whimsey is balanced against the pathos of characters trying to take their increasingly weird lives seriously.
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Moreover, because violence is done to the original-there was no love interest in the books, for example, except between animals-even the underlying whimsey is worn away.
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- Notion: an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"; "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"; "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"
- Flightiness: the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
- Also known as Lunchpail Pieces, whimsies are pieces created by glassmakers as special gifts for loved ones or close friends, with special or unique features, rarely sold on the open market and fetching extremely high prices from collectors attracted to the work of a given shop.
