英文英文字典

英文英文字典

古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典

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Whimsical (a.)
Odd or fantastic in appearance; quaintly devised; fantastic.
The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness.
Whimsically (adv.)
In a whimsical manner; freakishly.
The quality or state of being whimsical; freakishness; whimsical disposition.
Whimsies (pl. )
of Whimsy
Whimsy (n.)
A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit.
Whimsy (n.)
A whim.
Whimsy (n.)
A whimsey.
Whimwham (n.)
A whimsical thing; an odd device; a trifle; a trinket; a gimcrack.
Whimwham (n.)
A whim, or whimsey; a freak.
Whin (n.)
Gorse; furze. See Furze.
Whin (n.)
Woad-waxed.
Whin (n.)
Same as Whinstone.
Whinberry (n.)
The English bilberry; -- so called because it grows on moors among the whins, or furze.
Whinchat (n.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
Whine (v. i.)
To utter a plaintive cry, as some animals; to moan with a childish noise; to complain, or to tell of sorrow, distress, or the like, in a plaintive, nasal tone; hence, to complain or to beg in a mean, unmanly way; to moan basely.
Whine (v. t.)
To utter or express plaintively, or in a mean, unmanly way; as, to whine out an excuse.
Whine (n.)
A plaintive tone; the nasal, childish tone of mean complaint; mean or affected complaint.
Whined (imp. & p. p.)
of Whine
Whiner (n.)
One who, or that which, whines.