"whimsical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈwɪmzɪkəl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-us-whimsical.ogg [US] Forms: more whimsical [comparative], most whimsical [superlative]
Etymology: From whimsy + -ical. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whimsy|ical}} whimsy + -ical Head templates: {{en-adj}} whimsical (comparative more whimsical, superlative most whimsical)
  1. Given to whimsy. Synonyms: idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, pixilated, playful, quirky, unconventional, witty Derived forms: whimsical sex Related terms: whimsically Translations (Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing): wispelturig (Afrikaans), капризен (kaprizen) (Bulgarian), своенравен (svoenraven) (Bulgarian), причудлив (pričudliv) (Bulgarian), vreemd (Dutch), willekeurig (Dutch), curieus (Dutch), speels (Dutch), luchtig (Dutch), oikutteleva (Finnish), oikukas (Finnish), huvittava (Finnish), capricieux (French), étrange (French), drôle (French), amusant (French), lunatique (French), caprichoso (Galician), launenhaft (German), spielerisch (German), launisch (German), schrullig (German), drollig (German), wunderlich (German), seltsam (German), skurril (German), originell (German), שובבני (Shovevani) (Hebrew), szeszélyes (Hungarian), ridinda (Ido), earráideach (Irish), meonúil (Irish), spangach (Irish), teidheach (Irish), capriccioso (Italian), strano (Italian), peculiare (Italian), sconcertante (Italian), divertente (Italian), buffo (Italian), rar (Norwegian), sær (Norwegian), kapryśny [masculine] (Polish), dziwaczny [masculine] (Polish), caprichoso (Portuguese), extravagante (Portuguese), divertido (Portuguese), капри́зный (kapríznyj) (Russian), прихотли́вый (prixotlívyj) (Russian), причу́дливый (pričúdlivyj) (Russian), caprichoso (Spanish), antojadizo (Spanish), besynnerlig (Swedish), egendomlig (Swedish), konstig (Swedish), märklig (Swedish), underlig (Swedish), acayip (Turkish), garip (Turkish), tuhaf (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "speels"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "luchtig"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "oikutteleva"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "capricieux"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "étrange"
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          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "amusant"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "lunatique"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "caprichoso"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "launenhaft"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "launisch"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "lang": "German",
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          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "Shovevani",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "earráideach"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "meonúil"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "spangach"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "teidheach"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "capriccioso"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "strano"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "peculiare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "sconcertante"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "divertente"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "buffo"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "rar"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "sær"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kapryśny"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "dziwaczny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "caprichoso"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "extravagante"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "divertido"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kapríznyj",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "капри́зный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prixotlívyj",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "прихотли́вый"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pričúdlivyj",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "причу́дливый"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "caprichoso"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "antojadizo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "besynnerlig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "egendomlig"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "konstig"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "märklig"
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "underlig"
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "garip"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
          "word": "tuhaf"
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      "code": "af",
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      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "wispelturig"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kaprizen",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "капризен"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "svoenraven",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "своенравен"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pričudliv",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "причудлив"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "vreemd"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "willekeurig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "curieus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "speels"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "luchtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "oikutteleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "oikukas"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "huvittava"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "capricieux"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "étrange"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "drôle"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "amusant"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "lunatique"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "caprichoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "launenhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "spielerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "launisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "schrullig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "drollig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "wunderlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "seltsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "skurril"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "originell"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Shovevani",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "שובבני"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "szeszélyes"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "ridinda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "earráideach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "meonúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "spangach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "teidheach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "capriccioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "strano"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "peculiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "sconcertante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "divertente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "buffo"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "rar"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "sær"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kapryśny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dziwaczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "caprichoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "extravagante"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "divertido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kapríznyj",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "капри́зный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prixotlívyj",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "прихотли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pričúdlivyj",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "причу́дливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "caprichoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "antojadizo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "besynnerlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "egendomlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "konstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "märklig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "underlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "acayip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "garip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Given to whimsy; capricious; odd; peculiar; playful; light-hearted or amusing",
      "word": "tuhaf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whimsical"
}

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