whimmy

English

Etymology

From whim +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʍɪmi/, /ˈwɪmi/

Adjective

whimmy (comparative more whimmy, superlative most whimmy)

  1. (archaic) Full of whims; whimsical.
    • 1827, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Oxley:
      The study of Rabbinical literature either finds a man whimmy or makes him so.

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