Category:Whimsey

Whim"sey, whimsy, n.; pl. Whimseys or whimsies. Etym: [see whim.]

1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. "the whimsies of poets and painters." Ray. Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. Swift. Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of Truth. Bancroft.

2. (mining)

Defn: a whim.

Whimsey Whim"sey, v. t.

Defn: to fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze. [r.] To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. J. Fletcher.