whimsical
to be strangely amusing
TRANSLATION
whimsical = 1. eigenartig auf eine fröhliche, amüsante oder lästige Art und Weise 2. unberechenbares Verhalten (DH) LEO says: seltsam, skurril, neckisch, wunderlich --- GOOGLE INDEX whimsical: approximately 9,400,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Named for the WHIMSICAL-looking saguaro cactus with its arms and human-like stance, Saguaro National Park is part of the great Sonoran Desert.
(Travel America Magazine)
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A museum in Tokyo showcases a half-century of ingenious and WHIMSICAL architectural visions.
(Time Magazine)
(Travel America Magazine)
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A museum in Tokyo showcases a half-century of ingenious and WHIMSICAL architectural visions.
(Time Magazine)
Did you
know?
whimsical
adjective
- unusual and strange in a way that might be amusing or annoying
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
- erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition 2000)
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WORD ORIGIN
First recorded around 1653. Derived from the noun whim (circa 1640), which originally referred to a pun or a play on words. Whim is thought to be a shortened form of whim-wham, which was a fanciful object. The origin of whim-wham is unclear, but is likely of Scandinavian origin.
The conventional meaning of whim is a sudden desire or idea or an arbitrary thought or impulse: “He flew to Berlin on a whim.”
(sources: Online Etymology Dictionary, Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
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SYNONYMS
capricious, curious, eccentric, erratic, fanciful, flaky, iffy, kinky, odd, peculiar, queer, unpredictable, unusual, waggish, wayward, weird
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ANTONYMS
behaving, reasonable, sensible
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“He's a bit whimsical at times, but gets the job done when we really need something.”
adjective
- unusual and strange in a way that might be amusing or annoying
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
- erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictability
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition 2000)
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WORD ORIGIN
First recorded around 1653. Derived from the noun whim (circa 1640), which originally referred to a pun or a play on words. Whim is thought to be a shortened form of whim-wham, which was a fanciful object. The origin of whim-wham is unclear, but is likely of Scandinavian origin.
The conventional meaning of whim is a sudden desire or idea or an arbitrary thought or impulse: “He flew to Berlin on a whim.”
(sources: Online Etymology Dictionary, Barnhart Concise Dictionary of Etymology)
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SYNONYMS
capricious, curious, eccentric, erratic, fanciful, flaky, iffy, kinky, odd, peculiar, queer, unpredictable, unusual, waggish, wayward, weird
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ANTONYMS
behaving, reasonable, sensible
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“He's a bit whimsical at times, but gets the job done when we really need something.”
