whimsicaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈwɪmzᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪmzᵻk(ə)l/

Forms: Also 1600s whym-.

Etymology: < whims- (in whimsy n. and adj.) + -ical suffix.

A. adj.

1. Of persons, their actions, thoughts, etc.: Full of, subject to, or characterized by a whim or whims; actuated by or depending upon whim or caprice.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

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temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata To Rdr. 10 So they fell to words and at last (to end this Whimsical controversie) they resolved to kill one another.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata To Rdr. 11 Were not they better be..grave, sober, serious, then whymiscal, fickle and fantastical?

1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 251 So do the whimsical Enthusiasts..make long relations of strange dreams.

1703 Earl of Orrery As you find It iii. i. 35 A Man with a fantastical, whimsical Stomach may starve in the midst of Plenty, not for want of Food, but such as he likes.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 101. ¶7 One Sir Roger de Coverly, a whimsical Country Knight.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §11. 94 It has given rise to an infinite deal of whimsical theory.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 145 One of those old codgers who have been a little whimsical or so in their youth.

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. vii. 418 It would be rather whimsical to deny this to be a principal merit in a comparison.

1875 J. E. T. Rogers Protests of Lords I. Pref. p. lvi Two whimsical dissents from Lords Radnor and Abingdon.

a. Characterized by deviation from the ordinary as if determined by mere caprice; fantastic, fanciful; freakish, odd, comical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > odd

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fanciful-

1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis Pref. sig. B5^v Panacæa's, Universal Medicines, Secrets, and such like whimsical Remedies.

1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 79 The most whimsical scene of the farce is still behind.

1710 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 57 Is it not whimsical that the dean has never once written to me?

1769 Ld. Charlemont Let. 9 May in E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 165 Matters here are in a situation whimsical enough.

1773 J. Wesley Jrnl. 29 Nov. in Wks. (1830) IV. 5 I went..to Sheerness; over that whimsical ferry, where footmen and horses pay nothing.

1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times I. 193 The Germans are whimsical animals in their appearance.

1836 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 4) 17 Alembics, stills, retorts, receivers, and a variety of whimsical and complex vessels.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. ix. 123 Our senator..looked after his little wife with a whimsical mixture of amusement and vexation.

1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 85 All these whimsical prescriptions gradually fell out of the Pharmacopœias.

absolute.1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 89 Who..delighted more in the whimsical, than the natural.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiv. 234 Hesitating between the respect he ought to assume, and his love of the whimsical.

†b. Subject to uncertainty or the ‘caprice of fortune’. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > unpredictable

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aleatoric1921

contingency1931

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1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 151 Must the bread of Life be ground only by the winde of every Doctrine? and whimsicall Wind-Mills?

1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 30 A Fellow that lives in a Windmill, has not a more whimsical Dwelling than the Heart of a Man that is lodg'd in a Woman. There is no Point of the Compass to which they cannot turn.

1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 18. ⁋3 I shall only take notice of the whimsical circumstances a people must lie under, who can be thus made poor or rich by an edict.

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxviii. 198 Poor man! He stands a whimsical chance between us.

B. n. (in plural)

A cant name for a section of the Tories in the reign of Queen Anne: see quots.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > a Tory or conservative > group or section of

whimsical1714

young England1836

mountain1965

1714 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs (1741) 10 That Race of Politicians, who in the Cant Phrase are called the Whimsicals.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 310 Many of the High Church party..affected to separate their principles from those of the Jacobites, and, on that account, obtained the denomination of Whimsicals.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whimsical
释义	whimsicaladj.n. Brit. /ˈwɪmzᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪmzᵻk(ə)l/ Forms: Also 1600s whym-. Etymology: < whims- (in whimsy n. and adj.) + -ical suffix. A. adj. 1. Of persons, their actions, thoughts, etc.: Full of, subject to, or characterized by a whim or whims; actuated by or depending upon whim or caprice. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata To Rdr. 10 So they fell to words and at last (to end this Whimsical controversie) they resolved to kill one another. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata To Rdr. 11 Were not they better be..grave, sober, serious, then whymiscal, fickle and fantastical? 1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 251 So do the whimsical Enthusiasts..make long relations of strange dreams. 1703 Earl of Orrery As you find It iii. i. 35 A Man with a fantastical, whimsical Stomach may starve in the midst of Plenty, not for want of Food, but such as he likes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 101. ¶7 One Sir Roger de Coverly, a whimsical Country Knight. 1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §11. 94 It has given rise to an infinite deal of whimsical theory. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 145 One of those old codgers who have been a little whimsical or so in their youth. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. vii. 418 It would be rather whimsical to deny this to be a principal merit in a comparison. 1875 J. E. T. Rogers Protests of Lords I. Pref. p. lvi Two whimsical dissents from Lords Radnor and Abingdon. 2. a. Characterized by deviation from the ordinary as if determined by mere caprice; fantastic, fanciful; freakish, odd, comical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [adjective] > odd quaintc1325 awkc1440 queer?a1513 odd1578 quaintish1594 odd-conceiteda1616 odd-ceited1652 whimsical1675 singulara1684 eccentric1685 oddish1705 rummish1709 comical1713 odd-like1718 rum1750 queerish1775 funny1793 quare1805 rummy1828 kinky1844 quirkish1848 quirky1873 odd-gates1906 funny-peculiar1916 antrin1925 off-brand1929 fanciful- 1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis Pref. sig. B5^v Panacæa's, Universal Medicines, Secrets, and such like whimsical Remedies. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 79 The most whimsical scene of the farce is still behind. 1710 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 57 Is it not whimsical that the dean has never once written to me? 1769 Ld. Charlemont Let. 9 May in E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 165 Matters here are in a situation whimsical enough. 1773 J. Wesley Jrnl. 29 Nov. in Wks. (1830) IV. 5 I went..to Sheerness; over that whimsical ferry, where footmen and horses pay nothing. 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times I. 193 The Germans are whimsical animals in their appearance. 1836 W. T. Brande Man. Chem. (ed. 4) 17 Alembics, stills, retorts, receivers, and a variety of whimsical and complex vessels. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. ix. 123 Our senator..looked after his little wife with a whimsical mixture of amusement and vexation. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 85 All these whimsical prescriptions gradually fell out of the Pharmacopœias. absolute.1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber v. 89 Who..delighted more in the whimsical, than the natural.1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxiv. 234 Hesitating between the respect he ought to assume, and his love of the whimsical. †b. Subject to uncertainty or the ‘caprice of fortune’. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > unpredictable contingentc1400 casualc1460 whimsical1654 precarious1687 ambiguous1759 incalculable1796 uncalculable1848 chancy1860 impredicable1864 fluky1880 aleatoric1921 contingency1931 iffy1937 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 151 Must the bread of Life be ground only by the winde of every Doctrine? and whimsicall Wind-Mills? 1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 30 A Fellow that lives in a Windmill, has not a more whimsical Dwelling than the Heart of a Man that is lodg'd in a Woman. There is no Point of the Compass to which they cannot turn. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 18. ⁋3 I shall only take notice of the whimsical circumstances a people must lie under, who can be thus made poor or rich by an edict. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xxxviii. 198 Poor man! He stands a whimsical chance between us. B. n. (in plural) A cant name for a section of the Tories in the reign of Queen Anne: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > Toryism or conservatism > a Tory or conservative > group or section of whimsical1714 young England1836 mountain1965 1714 J. Swift Some Free Thoughts upon Present State Affairs (1741) 10 That Race of Politicians, who in the Cant Phrase are called the Whimsicals. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 310 Many of the High Church party..affected to separate their principles from those of the Jacobites, and, on that account, obtained the denomination of Whimsicals. 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