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Meanings of whimsey in English

Catalan
arbitrareitat
Spanish
arbitrariedad

The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.

arbitrareitat
Portuguese
caprichoso
Spanish
noción

An odd or fanciful or capricious idea.

caprichoso
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Examples for "notion"
Examples for "notion"
1
Tilda's voice: 'The notion of Manifest Destiny is historically suspect, of course.
The Long Earth
2
He initially held the traditional notion that economic fundamentals led market moves.
Reuters
3
Systematic reviews support the notion that sleep is important for children's health.
Pubmed
4
You can deduce no single actual particular from the notion of it.
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
5
In essence, we need to unpick an essentially imperialist notion of power.
The South African
1
His choice of the Netherlands, however, was not taken on a whim.
The Guardian
2
Government controlled economic activity became an unemployment mop, activated on ministerial whim.
The Irish Times
3
Money could no longer be printed at will or on a whim.
The Guardian
4
Ideally he did; but it was just a fleeting expression or whim.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
5
The idle whim of a sardonic old man; nothing more than that.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
Usage of whimsey in English
1
They mout get some whimsey into their heads, an' come this ways.
The Lone Ranche
2
There's a story that once in a spirit of whimsey, Capt.
The new yorker
3
He is a man of whimsey and temper and also mood.
The thing from another world
4
It is a whim of Mrs. Grundy's, who is all whimsey.
From the Easy Chair, Volume 1
5
Once more the smile on her lips announced a whimsey.
The Little Lady of the Big House
6
The whimsey caused another smile to ripple across her lips.
The Ragged Edge
7
The Tribune wooed its readers with whimsey & the Times with greater bulk of news.
The new yorker
8
It is a whimsey, a weakness of yours, boy.
Between Whiles
9
And immediately her old whimsey returns upon her:
Lives of the Poets, Volume 1
10
Understand, this is my whimsey only.
Green Fancy
11
Since then the Tribune has dropped the whimsey and become a world newspaper and the Times has turned Republican.
The new yorker
12
What new whimsey now?
Jack and Jill
13
The extraordinary precautions taken by Roon and Paul to prevent identification, dead or alive, supports your whimsey, as you call it.
Green Fancy
14
If your whimsey, Charlotte, added she, arises from modesty, you reflect upon your sister; and, what is worse, upon your mother.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7)
15
King's tale of chemical annihilation, world apocalypse and an epochal fight between good and evil is less well stocked with home-counties whimsey.
The Irish Times
16
Scofield laughed to himself at David's "whimsey," but he halted, going with the young man as he strode across the field.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862 / A Magaz...
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