whimsical
WIM-zi-kuhl/ˈwɪmzɪkəl/
- 1Inclined to playful, fanciful notions, or marked by a playful and unusual quality in manner, style, or design.
The bakery is known for its whimsical cakes, shaped like teapots and sleeping foxes.
Their grandfather grew whimsical in old age, announcing midnight picnics and giving every pigeon on the block a name.
Similarplayful, quirky, amusing, unconventional, peculiar
Oppositeserious, sober, conventional
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Origin
Formed from whimsy combined with the suffix -ical.