whimsical Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
    capricious; impulsive.
    • a capricious refusal
    • authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
    • the victim of whimsical persecutions

WordNet

Whim"si*cal adjective
Etymology
From Whimsey.
Definitions
  1. Full of, or characterized by, whims; actuated by a whim; having peculiar notions; queer; strange; freakish. "A whimsical insult." Macaulay.
    My neighbors call me whimsical. Addison.
  2. Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic. "A whimsical chair." Evelyn. Syn. -- Quaint; capricious; fanciful; fantastic.

Webster 1913