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whim⋅sy

[hwim-zee, wim-]
–noun, plural -sies.
1. capricious humor or disposition; extravagant, fanciful, or excessively playful expression: a play with lots of whimsy.
2. an odd or fanciful notion.
3. anything odd or fanciful; a product of playful or capricious fancy: a whimsy from an otherwise thoughtful writer.
Also, whimsey.


Origin:
1595–1605; whim(-wham) + -sy


2. caprice, whim, humor.
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whim·sy also whim·sey   (hwĭm'zē, wĭm'-)   
n.   pl. whim·sies also whim·seys
  1. An odd or fanciful idea; a whim.

  2. A quaint or fanciful quality: stories full of whimsy.


[Probably from whim-wham, fanciful object.]
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Word Origin & History

whimsy 
1605, probably related to whimwham. Whimsical formed 1653.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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