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whimsicality

whimsicality noun: the state of being whimsical.

Noun

whimsicality (countable and uncountable, plural whimsicalities)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being whimsical.
  2. (countable) Something whimsical; a caprice.
    • We ask: Has this same ‘perhaps not ill-written Program,’ or any other authentic Transaction of that Property-conserving Society, fallen under the eye of the British Reader, in any Journal foreign or domestic? If so, what are those Prize-Questions; what are the terms of Competition, and when and...1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Pause”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 2nd book, page 139

Forms of whimsicality

pluralwhimsicalities

Origin of whimsicality

From whimsical + -ity.

Questions about whimsicality

What does whimsicality mean?
Whimsicality means the state of being whimsical.
What part of speech is whimsicality?
Whimsicality is a noun.
What is the plural of whimsicality?
The plural of whimsicality is whimsicalities.

Words near whimsicality in the dictionary

  1. whimsical
  2. whimsical sex
  3. whimsicalist
  4. whimsicalists
  5. whimsicalities
  6. whimsicality
  7. whimsically
  8. whimsicalness
  9. whimsicalnesses
  10. whimsied
  11. whimsier

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