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Whimsicality

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

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whimsicality

n. 1 (context uncountable English) the state of being whimsical. 2 (context countable English) something whimsical; a caprice.

WordNet
whimsicality
  1. n. 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]

Usage examples of "whimsicality".

Instead of developing the colonial simplicity on lines of dignity and harmony to modern use, we stuck on the pseudoclassic, we broke out in the Mansard, we broke all up into the whimsicalities of the so-called Queen Anne, without regard to climate or comfort.

Among others, to show the whimsicality of their deadly seriousness, may be mentioned the following: The Bleeding Hearts, Sons of the Morning, the Morning Stars, the Flamingoes, The Triple Triangles, The Three Bars, the Rubonics, the Vindicators, The Comanches, and The Erebusites.

But poorly could I withstand them, much as in other moods I was almost ready to smile at the solemn whimsicalities of that outlandish prophet of the wharves.