{ Whim″sey, Whimsy } (?), n.; pl.Whimseys (#) or Whimsies (#). [See Whim.]
1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. “The whimsies of poets and painters.” Ray.
Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. Swift.
Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. Bancroft.
2. (Mining) A whim.