whimsy

also n., pl. -sies also -seys.

1. An odd or fanciful idea; a whim.
2. A quaint or fanciful quality: stories full of whimsy.

[Probably from whim-wham, fanciful object.]

also whimsey

noun

An impulsive, often illogical turn of mind: bee, boutade, caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, humor, impulse, megrim, notion, vagary, whim. Idioms: bee in one's bonnet. See thoughts.

A fanciful or fantastic creation in writing or art.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a whimsical idea
  Synonyms: notion, whim, whimsey

Meaning #2: the trait of acting more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
  Synonyms: flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsey, capriciousness

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indfald, lune, særhed, affekteret, let sentimental humor

Nederlands (Dutch)
grillige humor

Français (French)
n. - fantaisie (littér)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Laune

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καπρίτσιο, ιδιοτροπία, (καθομ.) χοντρό καλαμπούρι
adj. - καπριτσιόζικος

Italiano (Italian)
capriccio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - idéia estranha (f), esquisitice (f)
adj. - caprichoso

Русский (Russian)
прихоть, фантазия

Español (Spanish)
n. - capricho, antojo, extravagancia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyck
adj. - nyckfull

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
怪念头, 反覆无常, 心情浮动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 怪念頭, 反覆無常, 心情浮動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 별난 생각, 변덕

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 気まぐれ, 気まぐれな考え, 奇抜な行動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) نزوة, غرابه (صفه) نزوي, غريب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גחמה, שיגעון, הומור משונה, מוזרות, קפריזה‬

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