whimsy

Definitions


[ˈwɪmzi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour
(e.g: the film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing)

- a whim
(e.g: a clean slate on which to enter information in the form that suits your whimsy)


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘caprice’): probably based on whim-wham




definition by Oxford Dictionaries