whimsy
noun/ˈwɪmzi/
/ˈwɪmzi/
[uncountable]- a way of thinking or behaving or a style of doing something that is unusual and not serious, in a way that is either funny or annoyingWord Originearly 17th cent. (in the sense ‘caprice’): probably based on whim-wham, a whim.
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