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ˈwhimsicalness
[f. prec. adj. + -ness.]
The quality of being whimsical; whimsicality.
1714tr. à Kempis' Chr. Exerc. iv. xiv. 250 Lest Meditation should decline..into Melancholy and Whimsicalness. 1747Hoadly Suspicious Husb. v. ii, I cannot sufficiently admire at the Whimsicalness of my good Fortune, in being so instrumental to this general Happiness. 1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys xxxii, ‘Did you think I would?’ cried Joanna, lifting up her head suddenly, with something of the old spirit of whimsicalness. |
