# whimsical

Pronunciation: say "WIM-zi-kuhl" /ˈwɪmzɪkəl/

## Adjective

1. Inclined to playful, fanciful notions, or marked by a playful and unusual quality in manner, style, or design.
   - Simple: Full of playful, unusual ideas, or done in a fun and slightly strange way.
   - _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._

## Origin

Formed from whimsy combined with the suffix -ical.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/whimsical (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).