WHIMSEY

{ Whim″sey, Whimsy } (?), n.; pl. Whimseys (#) or Whimsies (#). [[See Whim.]] 1. 1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd conceit. “The whimsies of poets and painters.” Ray.
Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. Swift. Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. Bancroft. 2. 2. (Mining) A whim.