whimsy

4 definitions • 5 examples

unusual, funny, and pleasant ideas or qualities:

Add a touch of whimsy to your room with these cat sculptures.

The film combines whimsy and tragedy in equal measure.

something that is intended to be strange and humorous but in fact has little real meaning or value:

Personally I've always considered mime to be a lot of whimsy.

a sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained:

Is this just one of his whimsies?

something playful and amusing:

[ U ] The second book is as full of happy whimsy as the first.