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单词 whimsicality
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whimsicalityn.

Brit. /ˌwɪmzᵻˈkalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wɪmzəˈkælədi/
Etymology: < whimsical adj. + -ity suffix.
The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness; oddity, fantasticalness. Also with a and plural.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > unconformity > abnormality > [noun] > oddness
oddness1611
queerity1711
particularity1712
whimsicalness1715
oddity1739
queerness1748
whimsicality1761
singularity1768
quizzity1788
eccentricity1794
quizziness1798
queerishness1803
fantasticness1825
rumness1840
weirdness1869
quirkiness1870
rumminess1872
whimsiness1909
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy III. xxxiii. 153 The whimsicality of my father's brain was far from having the whole honour of this.
1801 M. Edgeworth Belinda I. ii. 37 Lady Delacour..laughed affectedly at her own whimsicalities.
1844 Hood (title) Whimsicalities, a periodical gathering.
1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. (1860) vi. 117 Lewis was a comedian of the rarest order, for he combined whimsicality with elegance, and levity with heart.
1898 R. Hichens Londoners ii The expression of curious whimsicality that stole into her face.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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