whimsey

[ hwim-zee, wim- ]

noun,plural whim·seys.

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How to use whimsey in a sentence

  • He is too good a sort to go to seed with his confounded whimseys; so I determined to take a different tone with him.

    A Pessimist | Robert Timsol
  • Rabelais is remarkable for whimsical disregard of even his own whimseys.

    Classic French Course in English | William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • He is not only the first citizen of the town, he is its soul, its genius, he has all its finest whimseys.

    Tartarin On The Alps | Alphonse Daudet
  • She is smilingly tolerant of my dryad whimseys, but for herself, nowadays, she wishes to unpack that basket and get settled.

    The Joys of Being a Woman | Winifred Kirkland
  • About his looks there was an effect of oddity—and indeed, like most of us, he had his whimseys and peculiarities.