whimmy

English

Etymology

From whim +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʍɪmi/, /ˈwɪmi/

Adjective

whimmy (comparative more whimmy, superlative most whimmy)

1. (archaic) Full of whims; whimsical.
   • 1827, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Oxley:

     The study of Rabbinical literature either finds a man whimmy or makes him so.

References

• “whimmy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.