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Whimsicality

The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.

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Fun 76% connected

Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

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Irresponsibility 76% connected

Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.

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Flighty 74% connected

Fleeting; swift; transient.

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Flighty 74% connected

Fleeting; swift; transient.

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Arbitrariness 92% connected

The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

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Flightiness 92% connected

The state or quality of being flighty.

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Whimsey 92% connected

Alt. of Whimsy

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Whimsy 92% connected

A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.

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