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Meaning of "whimsiness" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF WHIMSINESS

ˈwɪmzɪnɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHIMSINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whimsiness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHIMSINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of whimsiness in the English dictionary

The definition of whimsiness in the dictionary is the quality of being whimsy.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHIMSINESS

clumsiness · cosiness · craziness · dizziness · doziness · drowsiness · easiness · flimsiness · haziness · laziness · lousiness · mumsiness · noisiness · nosiness · queasiness · rosiness · siziness · sleaziness · uneasiness · wooziness

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHIMSINESS

whim · whim-wham · whim-whams · whimberry · whimbrel · whimmy · whimper · whimperer · whimpering · whimsical · whimsicality · whimsically · whimsicalness · whimsier · whimsies · whimsiest · whimsy · whin · whinchat · whine

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHIMSINESS

agribusiness · big business · bulkiness · business · cleanliness · cleanliness is next to godliness · comeliness · do the business · e-business · emptiness · family business · fitness · friendliness · happiness · holiness · loneliness · loveliness · readiness · show business · timeliness · trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of whimsiness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whimsiness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHIMSINESS

Find out the translation of whimsiness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of whimsiness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whimsiness» in English.
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whimsiness
1,325 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
570 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
510 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
380 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
280 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
278 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
270 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
260 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
220 millions of speakers
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Kesetiaan
190 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
180 millions of speakers
ja

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whimsiness
130 millions of speakers
ko

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whimsiness
85 millions of speakers
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Whimsiness
85 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
80 millions of speakers
ta

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whimsiness
75 millions of speakers
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अस्वस्थता
75 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
70 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
65 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
50 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
40 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
30 millions of speakers
el

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whimsiness
15 millions of speakers
af

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whimsiness
14 millions of speakers
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whimsiness
10 millions of speakers
no

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whimsiness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whimsiness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHIMSINESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of whimsiness
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whimsiness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIMSINESS»

Discover the use of whimsiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whimsiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Moby Dick
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent, in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
Jan Fields, Herman Melville, 2010
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In a Wayward Mood: Selected Writings 1969-2002
After having murmured a word of approval, Queequeg had been replaced in his hammock, at which point he had suddenly conva— lesced and, in narrator's Ishmael's account, with a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea— chest; ...
Daniel Noel, 2004
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Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent, in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
Herman Melville, 1979
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Moby-Dick, Or the Whale (Middleton Classics):
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent, in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
Herman Melville, 2013
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The United Service Magazine
To the joyful surprise of the crew, their skilful harpooner recovered from his sickness, and “ with a wild whimsiness he used his coflin for a sea-chest, and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there.” Now strange to say ...
‎1865
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Green about Green: A Civilian in Military Life
The whimsiness with which they do that is inherent to behaviour aimed at exercising power. Although the Beninese people are no strangers to things human, this is what is called a really serious clash between the different views of  ...
Joseph Soeters, 2012
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Harvesting Darkness: Essays on Literature, Myth, Film and ...
For these essays, full of whimsiness and quirkiness, nevertheless, in their identification with what they describe, express not a personality, but a personhood. They become not exactly masks, but rather mimes, various actings- out, soundings of ...
Dennis Slattery, 2006
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Chasing the White Whale: The Moby-Dick Marathon; Or, What ...
“many spare hours he spent,” and indeed, not unlike Melville at his writing desk composing Moby-Dick, “he was striving” “with a wild whimsiness” at his outlandish inscriptions, racing against decay, defeating death for the time being, and ...
David Dowling, 2010
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Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a seachest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them inorder there. Many sparehours he spent,in carvingthelid withall manner of grotesque figuresanddrawings; and itseemed ...
Herman Melville, 2013
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20 Classic Novels (Illustrated) Part-4:
With a wild whimsiness, he now used his coffin for a sea-chest; and emptying into it his canvas bag of clothes, set them in order there. Many spare hours he spent, in carving the lid with all manner of grotesque figures and drawings; and it ...
Publishthis, 2013

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHIMSINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whimsiness is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Swindle PC review
Cyber-steampunk London is a bizarro city filled with wonderful retro-future contraptions and rustbucket robots and there's a jaunty whimsiness that seeps into ... «PCGamesN, Jul 15»
2
A very British business
Be not deceived: for all their whimsiness, these are some of the world's most ruthless businesses. Britain's elite private schools are service-industry superpowers ... «The Economist, Apr 15»
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Technology of the Year 2014: The best hardware, software, and …
The rest of the list is composed of ideas, notions, and whimsies delivered through the Internet. Some might take issue with the whimsiness of Apple's iOS 7. «InfoWorld, Jan 14»
4
Ahoy! 'Moby Dick, or, The Card Game'
... to the card game.” And now they're considering adding “wooden oil tokens.” The game should be available in September for $30. “A wild whimsiness” for sure. «Washington Post, May 13»
REFERENCE
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