notion, whim, whimsy, whimsey
(noun) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; “the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories”; “he had a whimsy about flying to the moon”; “whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it”
caprice, impulse, whim
(noun) a sudden desire; “he bought it on an impulse”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whim (countable and uncountable, plural whims)
A fanciful impulse, or whimsical idea
(mining) A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc, from mines, or for other purposes
• (fancy): lark, especially in phrase on a whim, see also whim
whim (third-person singular simple present whims, present participle whimming, simple past and past participle whimmed)
(rare, intransitive) To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.
whim (plural whims)
A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
WHIM (uncountable)
(astronomy) Initialism of warm-hot intergalactic medium.
Source: Wiktionary
Whim, n. Etym: [Cf. Whimbrel.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.]
Whim, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. hwima to wander with the eyes, vim giddiness, Norw. kvima to whisk or flutter about, to trifle, Dan. vimse to skip, whisk, jump from one thing to another, dial. Sw. hvimsa to be unsteady, dizzy, W. chwimio to move briskly.]
1. A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice. Let every man enjoy his whim. Churchill.
2. (Mining)
Definition: A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey. Whim gin (Mining), a whim. See Whim, 2.
– Whim shaft (Mining), a shaft through which ore, water, etc., is raised from a mine by means of a whim.
Syn.
– Freak; caprice; whimsey; fancy.
– Whim, Freak, Caprice. Freak denotes an impulsive, inconsiderate change of mind, as by a child or a lunatic. Whim is a mental eccentricity due to peculiar processes or habits of thought. Caprice is closely allied in meaning to freak, but implies more definitely a quality of willfulness or wantonness.
Whim, v. i.
Definition: To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish. [R.] Congreve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
