different between lightness vs whimsy
lightness
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse, from Old English l?htnes; equivalent to light (“bright, luminous”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Noun
lightness (countable and uncountable, plural lightnesses)
- (uncountable) the condition of being illuminated
- (uncountable) the relative whiteness or transparency of a colour
- (countable) The product of being illuminated.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English lightnes, lightnesse,; equivalent to light (“not heavy”, adjective) +? -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Noun
lightness (uncountable)
- The state of having little weight, or little force.
- Agility of movement.
- Freedom from worry.
- Levity, frivolity; inconsistency.
- , New York 2001, p.75:
- Seneca […] accounts it a filthy lightness in men, every day to lay new foundations of their life, but who doth otherwise?
- , New York 2001, p.75:
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Anagrams
- nightless, slightens
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whimsy
English
Alternative forms
- whimsey
Etymology
Probably from whims +? -y. Related to whim-wham, whim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?mzi/, /???mzi/
Noun
whimsy (usually uncountable, plural whimsies)
- A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
- An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
- (mining) A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
- A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
Translations
Verb
whimsy (third-person singular simple present whimsies, present participle whimsying, simple past and past participle whimsied)
- (transitive) To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
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