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whimsiness

whimsiness noun: whimsicality.

Noun

whimsiness (uncountable)

  1. whimsicality
    • With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Origin of whimsiness

From whimsy + -ness.

Questions about whimsiness

What does whimsiness mean?
Whimsiness means whimsicality.
What part of speech is whimsiness?
Whimsiness is a noun.

Words near whimsiness in the dictionary

  1. whimsies
  2. whimsiest
  3. whimsigoth
  4. whimsigothic
  5. whimsily
  6. whimsiness
  7. whimsome
  8. whimstone
  9. whimstones
  10. whimsy
  11. whimsy maxxing

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