whimsy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.

   “[…] Take heed of filling their [i.e., children's] heads with VVhimzies, and unprofitable Notions; for this vvill ſooner learn them to be malepert and proud, than ſober and humble.”

2. isim An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
3. isim A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
4. isim A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.

   “"Dori, you have to solve this puzzle!" / "Sure, right away doctor. Quality construction … clean edges. Oh, a whimsy!"”

5. isim The support that protects a finished piece as it is detached from a punty.
6. fiil To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.

   “A wantonneſſe in wealth, methinks I agree not with, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jewells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains whimſied with his wealth: […]”

7. sıfat Synonym of whimsical.

   “Whimsiest of the fairy brood, I cannot scold you if I would”