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71Ridiculousness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ridiculousness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ridiculousness ridiculousness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 comicality comicality oddity &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 extravagance extravagance drollery GRP: N 2 Sgm: N …
72whimsey — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑flightiness, ↑arbitrariness, ↑whimsicality, ↑whimsy, ↑capriciousness •… …
73whim´si|cal|ness — whim|si|cal «HWIHM zuh kuhl», adjective. 1. full of whims; having many odd notions or fancies: »a whimsical person. However absurd the story may sound when thus reduced, Garnett is much too fine an artist to be whimsical (Newsweek). SYNONYM(S):… …
74whim´si|cal|ly — whim|si|cal «HWIHM zuh kuhl», adjective. 1. full of whims; having many odd notions or fancies: »a whimsical person. However absurd the story may sound when thus reduced, Garnett is much too fine an artist to be whimsical (Newsweek). SYNONYM(S):… …
75whim|si|cal — «HWIHM zuh kuhl», adjective. 1. full of whims; having many odd notions or fancies: »a whimsical person. However absurd the story may sound when thus reduced, Garnett is much too fine an artist to be whimsical (Newsweek). SYNONYM(S): capricious,… …
76Capricious — Ca*pri cious (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh [u^]s), a. [Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. Capricious poet. Shak. Capricious humor. Hugh Miller. [1913 Webster] A… …
77Capriciously — Capricious Ca*pri cious (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh [u^]s), a. [Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. Capricious poet. Shak. Capricious humor. Hugh Miller. [1913… …
78Capriciousness — Capricious Ca*pri cious (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh [u^]s), a. [Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. Capricious poet. Shak. Capricious humor. Hugh Miller. [1913… …
79Fantastic — Fan*tas tic, a. [F. fantastique, fr. Gr. ??????????? able to represent, fr. ????????? to make visible. See {Fancy}.] 1. Existing only in imagination; fanciful; imaginary; not real; chimerical. [1913 Webster] 2. Having the nature of a phantom;… …
80Notional — No tion*al, a. 1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions. [1913 Webster] 2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. [1913 Webster] Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn. [1913 Webster]… …
