Caprice, changeful mood; an instance of this; a caprice, whim. †Often in at, after, according to, upon one's own fantasy (obs.).

Caprice, whim. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete.

A particular disposition, inclination, or liking, esp. one having no apparent ground or reason; a fancy, a whim. Also occasionally as a mass…

figurative. A whim or ‘maggot’ in the brain; a perverse fancy or desire; a streak of madness or insanity. Often wild worm (cf. sense 2). Obsolete…

An instance of wilfulness; a whim. Obsolete. rare.

A foolish, fanciful, or odd notion or conceit; a fancy, whim, caprice. Obsolete.

see quot. 1828; figurative a whim.

a fantastic notion, whim.

A sudden causeless change or turn of the mind; a capricious humour, notion, whim, or vagary.

A whimsical fancy; a perverse conceit; a peculiar notion on some point (usually considered unimportant) held by an individual in opposition to…

Caprice, changeful mood; an instance of this, a caprice, a whim. Also concr. a whimsical thing.

A fantastic notion, odd fancy; = whim, n.1 3.

gen. and figurative, in various applications: (a) Something that is continually whirling, or in constant movement or activity of any kind; †(b) a…

A frolicsome leap, like that of a playful kid; a frisky movement, esp. in dancing; said also of horses; figurative a fantastic proceeding or freak.

A whim, a fancy: a fad. Now rare.

A sudden impulse; a whim or caprice.

A fantastic device; a whim or erratic fancy. (In quot. 1640 apparently used interjectionally.)

A vagary, prank, freak; a whim, eccentricity.

A groundless inclination, a caprice. Obsolete. rare.

A desire to make trial or experience of anything novel; trifling interest or desire; a fancy, a whim. Obsolete.

A whim, crotchet, maggot, conceit. Obsolete.

= whim, n.1 3.

figurative and allusively. A fanciful notion, a crotchet; a visionary scheme or project. Obsolete.

figurative. A groundless fancy, whim, ‘fad’. Cf. bee, n.1 4. Obsolete.

= caprice, n. 1. Obsolete.

A surge of emotion; a sudden (change in) mood; a whim, an impulse. Now rare.

A fanciful notion, caprice, whim. Obsolete.

A whimsical, eccentric, strange, or perverse notion or idea. Now archaic and regional.

concr. and quasi-concr. Something that is fantastical; a crotchet, whim.

? = caprich, n., caprice.

A fanciful notion; also, a ‘dodge’, underhand design. Obsolete.

(?) A whim.

= capriccio, n., caprice, n.

figurative. An outburst (of feeling); a sally (of wit); an overstepping of the bounds of propriety or custom, a freak; vagary, escapade. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. A brisk sportive movement; a frolic; also, a freak, whim. †frisk of nature = freak of nature at freak, n.1 4b.

A sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim…

In various uses originally transferred from 3. A capricious impulse, humour, mood.

(See quot. 1706 and cf. maggot, n.1 2.) Obsolete.

Fancy, whim. Obs.

A capricious notion or fancy; a fantastic or freakish idea; an odd fancy.

= whim, n.1

figurative. A fit or burst of unreasonable humour, caprice, or the like; also, flightiness, caprice.

Anything fanciful or whimsical; a fantastic notion, whim, crotchet; a fanciful ornament, contrivance, etc. Also attributive.

An erratic play of fancy; a fantastic, eccentric, or extravagant idea or notion. (Cf. 2.)

English regional (northern). A whim. Cf. maggot, n.1 2. Obsolete.

figurative. A mental twist; an odd or fantastic notion; a crotchet, whim. In recent use also = a state of madness; an instance of, the practice of…

In various senses suggested by the grotesque sound of the word or by association with fizz, n.. A silly notion, an absurd crotchet.

A crotchety rule of action; a peculiar notion as to the right way of doing something; a pet project, esp. of social or political reform, to which…

a piece of whimsicality.

A crotchety way of acting; a fad.

a whimsical or eccentric notion.

= whim-wham, n. 2. Also attributive.

A whim: = tick, n.5 2.

A whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion, an idiosyncrasy.