whimsy
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whimsy englanniksi
A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
(RQ:Bunyan Christian Behaviour) ''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.
(RQ:Swift Works)
(RQ:Bentley Confutation of Atheism)
(RQ:Garrick Lethe)
(quote-web) (Classic): ‘(w)’ 4, episode 8; originally aired 12 November 1992|work=The A.V. Club|date=27 May 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918173912/https://tv.avclub.com/the-simpsons-classic-new-kid-on-the-block-1798172942|archivedate=18 September 2020|passage=It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.
(quote-journal) but in effect it seemed to have heaps of Amelie-style whimsy but no deeper unity or coherence.
An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
A whim (gloss).
A puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
(quote-av)
The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
(RQ:Fletcher Rule a Wife)
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{{quote-book|en|year=1898|author=Richard Hovey|title=Lancelot and Guenevere: A Poem in Drama|volume=1|page=39
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