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whimsying

whimsying is the present participle and gerund of whimsy.

Meaning of whimsy

Verb

whimsy (third-person singular simple present whimsies, present participle whimsying, simple past and past participle whimsied)

  1. (transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
    • A wantonneſſe in wealth, methinks I agree not with, / Tis ſuch a trouble to be married too, / And have a thouſand things of great importance, / Jewells and plates, and fooleries moleſt mee, / To have a mans brains whimſied with his wealth: […]1624 (first performance), John Fletcher, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. A Comoedy. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Leonard Lichfield […], published 1640, →OCLC, Act II, scene [ii], page 16

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Questions about whimsying

What is whimsying the present participle and gerund of?
Whimsying is the present participle and gerund of whimsy.

Words near whimsying in the dictionary

  1. whimsy maxxing
  2. whimsy-maxx
  3. whimsy-maxxing
  4. whimsy-whamsies
  5. whimsy-whamsy
  6. whimsying
  7. whimsymaxxing
  8. whimwham
  9. whimwhams
  10. whin
  11. whin-chat

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