whiffleryn.
/ˈhwɪfləri/ Action characteristic of a whiffler; trifling.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness
giddinessa1290
lightnessc1384
gerishnessa1513
fantasticnessc1550
unstaidnessa1557
fantasticalness1583
triflingnessa1586
spleen1598
capriciousness1607
skittishness1607
humorousness1611
wavinga1628
volageness1633
arbitrariness1643
garishness1649
legerity1652
mercury1653
volatility1655
caprich1656
humoursomeness1662
hoity-toity1668
jollity1670
unaccountableness1676
freak1678
whimsya1680
featheriness1689
toysomeness1697
caprice1711
whimsicalness1715
flirtation1718
whima1721
flightiness1747
whimsicality1761
giggishness1781
fancifulness1818
hoity-toityness1820
whifflery1835
crotchetiness1837
quirkiness1870
faddishness1884
faddism1885
vagarity1886
erraticism1889
whimsiness1909
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible > action of
whifflery1835
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person > action characteristic of
whifflery1835
1835 T. Carlyle Let. 2 Nov. in T. Carlyle & J. W. Carlyle Coll. Lett. (1981) VIII. 253 Life is no frivolity, or hypothetical coquetry or whifflery.
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n.1835- give a person the jouk
- give a person the long handle
- give a person the looking on
- give a person the lurch
- give a person the meeting
- give a person the mitten
- glossem
- glossematic
- glossematical
- glossematician
- glossematist
- glosseme
- glossemes
- glossemic
- glossepiglottic
- glosser
- glossers
- glosses
- glossfireman
- glossful
- glossia
- glossic
- glossier
- glossies
- glossiest