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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -whimseys-, *whimseys*, whimsey
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Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Whimseyv. t. To fill with whimseys, or whims; to make fantastic; to craze. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whimsey{ } n.; pl. Whimseys r Whimsies [ See Whim. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. “The whimsies of poets and painters.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A whim. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0)
flightiness(n) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment, Syn. whimsey, capriciousness, arbitrariness, whimsy, whimsicality
notion(n) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea, Syn. whimsey, whimsy, whim

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