Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whimsical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whimsical \Whim"si*cal\, a. [From {Whimsey}.]
1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim;
having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. ``A
whimsical insult.'' --Macaulay.
My neighbors call me whimsical. --Addison.
2. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised;
fantastic. ``A whimsical chair.'' --Evelyn.
Syn: Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
whimsical
adj : determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by
necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal";
"authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the
victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: {capricious}, {impulsive}]
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