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   whimsy

   /ˈwɪmzi/

   noun

   • 1. playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour: "the film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing"
   • ▪ a thing that is fanciful or odd: "the stone carvings and whimsies"
   • 2. a whim: "a clean slate on which to enter information in the form that suits your whimsy"

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

   Scrabble Points: 17

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