WHIMSEY

• (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

  "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"

  synonyms : arbitrariness , capriciousness , flightiness , whimsicality , whimsy

• (noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

  "the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories", "he had a whimsy about flying to the moon", "whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

  synonyms : notion , whim , whimsy

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