Definitions for whimsey

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whimsey whim·sey

Spelling: [hwim-zee, wim-]

IPA: /ˈʰwɪm zi, ˈwɪm-/

Whimsey is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in whimsey (ehimswy).

Definitions for whimsey

noun

1. whimsy.
2. capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression:
3. an odd or fanciful notion.
4. anything odd or fanciful; a product of playful or capricious fancy:

Origin of whimsey

First recorded in 1595-1605; whim(-wham) + -sy

Examples for whimsey

I'm all right, I'm gettin' on all right,'an' then 'e went; seemed to go ower the whimsey an' back towards th' wood.

But if it calms you to play like this, I am ready to humour so ridiculous a whimsey.'