单词 | whimsicality |
释义 | whimsiˈcality [f. prec. adj. + -ity.] The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness; oddity, fantasticalness. Also with a and pl.
1760Sterne Tr. Shandy III. xxxiii, The whimsicality of my father's brain was far from having the whole honour of this. 1800M. Edgeworth Belinda ii, Lady Delacour..laughed affectedly at her own whimsicalities. 1844Hood (title) Whimsicalities, a periodical gathering. 1850L. Hunt Autobiogr. vi. (1860) 117 Lewis was a comedian of the rarest order, for he combined whimsicality with elegance, and levity with heart. 1898R. Hichens Londoners ii, The expression of curious whimsicality that stole into her face. |

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