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61gin — I. n. 1. Geneva. 2. Machine, crane, whim, windlass, whim gin, whimsey, whin. 3. Cotton gin. 4. Trap, snare, net, toils, noose, springe. II. v. a. 1. Pass through the gin, clear of seeds (as cotton). 2 …
62humor — I. n. 1. Moisture, fluid (of animal bodies). 2. Cutaneous eruption. 3. Temper, disposition, bent, bias, vein, propensity, predilection, turn of mind. 4. Mood, temper, state of feeling, frame of mind. 5. Mood, fancy, whim, caprice, freak, vagary,… …
63vapor — I. n. 1. Gaseous state (of a substance ordinarily fluid or solid), aeriform state. 2. Fume, steam, reek, exhalation, smoke, fog, mist, rack. 3. Phantom, fantasy, whim, whimsey, vagary, day dream, vain imagination, unreal fancy, dream, vision. II …
64wrinkle — I. n. 1. Furrow, crease, fold, plait, gather, pucker, rumple, corrugation, rimple. 2. (Colloq.) Notion, whim, fancy, whimsey, caprice, crotchet, vagary, freak, quirk, maggot. II. v. a. Corrugate, crease, rumple, cockle, pucker, crumple …
65whimsy — /ˈwɪmzi / (say wimzee) noun (plural whimsies) 1. an odd or fanciful notion. 2. anything odd or fanciful; a product of playful fancy. Also, whimsey …
66foxgloves — In 1870 the naturalist James Britten launched the theory that foxglove means glove of the Little Folks or fairies, since the flower is called witches thimbles in North Country dialect, and fairy s petticoat in Cheshire. This pretty whimsey has …
67whimsy — (also whimsey) ► NOUN (pl. whimsies or whimseys) 1) playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour. 2) a fanciful or odd thing. 3) a whim. ORIGIN probably from archaic whim wham trinket, whim …
68arbitrariness — noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory • Syn: ↑flightiness, ↑whimsicality, ↑whimsy, ↑whimsey, ↑capriciousness • Derivationally… …
69capriciousness — noun 1. the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses • Syn: ↑unpredictability • Derivationally related forms: ↑capricious • Hypernyms: ↑inconstancy, ↑changefulness 2. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from …
70flightiness — noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory • Syn: ↑arbitrariness, ↑whimsicality, ↑whimsy, ↑whimsey, ↑capriciousness • Derivationally …
