capricious, impulsive, whimsical
(adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; “a capricious refusal”; “authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious”; “the victim of whimsical persecutions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
whimsical (comparative more whimsical, superlative most whimsical)
Given to whimsy
• idiosyncratic, outlandish, peculiar, pixilated, playful, quirky, unconventional
• See also witty
Source: Wiktionary
Whim"si*cal, a. Etym: [From Whimsey.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 May 2024
(noun) a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; “hundreds of people attended his funeral”
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.
