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whim

  [hwim, wim]
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–noun
1. an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy: a sudden whim to take a midnight walk.
2. capricious humor: to be swayed by whim.
Origin:
1635–45; short for whim-wham

Synonyms:
1. whimsy, vagary, caprice.
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whim   (hwĭm, wĭm)   
n.  

  1. A sudden or capricious idea; a fancy.

  2. Arbitrary thought or impulse: governed by whim.

  3. A vertical horse-powered drum used as a hoist in a mine.


[Short for whim-wham, fanciful object.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

whim 
1641, "pun or play on words," shortened from whimwham "fanciful object" (q.v.). Meaning "sudden notion, fancy, or idea" first recorded 1697, probably a shortened form of whimsy.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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