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whim·si·cal
/ˈhwɪmzɪkəl, ˈwɪm-/
(
a
.)心情浮動的,反復無常的,古怪的,異想天開的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Whim·si·cal
a.
1.
Full
of
,
or
characterized
by
,
whims
;
actuated
by
a
whim
;
having
peculiar
notions
;
queer
;
strange
;
freakish
.
“A
whimsical
insult.”
My
neighbors
call
me
whimsical
.
--
Addison
.
2.
Odd
or
fantastic
in
appearance
;
quaintly
devised
;
fantastic
.
“A
whimsical
chair.”
Syn:
--
Quaint
;
capricious
;
fanciful
;
fantastic
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
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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