whimsey meaning and definition

WHIMSEY noun

Definition of whimsey (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: notion, whim, whimsy
2. 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"
   • synonyms: arbitrariness, capriciousness, flightiness, whimsicality, whimsy