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51Desire — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Desire >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 desire desire wish fancy fantasy Sgm: N 1 want want need exigency GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mind mind inclination leaning …
52whimsy — [[t](h)wɪ̱mzi[/t]] also whimsey N UNCOUNT Whimsy is behaviour which is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than having any serious reason or purpose behind it …
53whimsy — (also whimsey) noun (plural whimsies or whimseys) 1》 playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour. ↘a thing that is fanciful or odd. 2》 a whim. Origin C17 (in the sense caprice ): prob. based on whim wham …
54caprice — n. Whim, freak, fancy, humor, crotchet, maggot, quirk, vagary, whimsey, whim wham …
55crotchet — n. Whim, freak, quirk, quirk, vagary, whimsey, fancy, caprice, maggot in the brain …
56freak — n. 1. Whim, whimsey, caprice, fancy, humor, crotchet, maggot, vagary, quirk. 2. Gambol, antic, caper …
57maggot — n. 1. Grub, worm. 2. Caprice, whim, crotchet, quirk, freak, vagary, humor, fancy, whimsey …
58vagary — n. Whim, freak, whimsey, crotchet, whimsicality, caprice, fancy, humor …
59whim — n. Freak, fancy, vagary, humor, caprice, crotchet, quirk, whimsey, kink, wrinkle (colloq.) …
60fancy — I. n. 1. Imagination (properly, as exercised in sportive or whimsical moods), which see. 2. Pleasing conceit, happy conception, striking thought, ideal image, bright stroke. 3. Notion, idea, thought, conception, conceit, impression, apprehension …
