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whimsical

English

Etymology

From whimsy +? -ical.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?w?mz?k?l/
  • Hyphenation: whim?si?cal

Adjective

whimsical (comparative more whimsical, superlative most whimsical)

  1. Given to whimsy.

Synonyms

  • idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, pixilated, playful, quirky, unconventional
  • See also Thesaurus:witty

Derived terms

  • whimsical sex

Related terms

  • whimsically

Translations

whimsical From the web:

  • what whimsical means
  • whimsical what does it mean
  • whimsical whatnots
  • what is whimsical art
  • what does whimsical
  • what is whimsical tone
  • what a whimsical world bakery story
  • what is whimsical style

fitful

English

Etymology

From fit +? -ful.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fitful (comparative more fitful, superlative most fitful)

  1. Irregular; unsteady; characterized by fits.
    His breathing was fitful.
    • 1605, Shakespeare, Macbeth, act III
      […] Duncan is in his grave;
      After life's fitful fever he sleeps well;
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 123
      The cabin lamp—taking long swings this way and that— was burning fitfully, and casting fitful shadows upon the old man’s bolted door [...]
    • 2012, The Economist, The economy: Don’t say “green shoots”
      So fitful has Britain’s economy been that any good news is understandably snatched at.

Synonyms

  • intermittent, spasmodic; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous

Derived terms

  • fitfully
  • fitfulness

Translations

fitful From the web:

  • what's fitful mean
  • what fitful sleep meaning
  • fitfully what does it mean
  • what is fitful gust
  • what causes fitful sleep
  • what does pitiful mean
  • what is fitful sleep
  • what does fitful sleep mean
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