whimmy

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/ˈʍɪmi//ˈwɪmi/

adjective

Full of whims; whimsical.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectivewhimmy (comparative more whimmy, superlative most whimmy)

comparative more whimmy · superlative most whimmy

  1. archaicFull of whims; whimsical.

    The study of Rabbinical literature either finds a man whimmy or makes him so.

    1827, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Oxley

Origin

From whim + -y.

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APA

whimmy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whimmy

MLA

“whimmy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whimmy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whimmy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whimmy.

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