Whimsicality

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Whimsicality \Whim`si*cal"i*ty\, n.
     The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  whimsicality
       n 1: 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" [syn: {flightiness},
             {arbitrariness}, {whimsy}, {whimsey}, {capriciousness}]
       2: the trait of behaving like an imp [syn: {impishness}, {mischievousness},
           {puckishness}]