WHIMSEY
\wˈɪmsɪ], \wˈɪmsɪ], \w_ˈɪ_m_s_ɪ]\
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the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
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