whigmaleeryn.
/wɪɡməˈlɪəri/, /hwɪɡməˈlɪəri/, U.S. /ˌ(h)wɪɡməˈlɪ(ə)ri/, Scottish English /hwɪɡməˈlirɪ/ Scottish.
Anything fanciful or whimsical; a fantastic notion, whim, crotchet; a fanciful ornament, contrivance, etc. Also attributive.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun]
phantoma1375
fantasyc1440
conceitc1450
fancy1471
crotchet1573
whim-wham1580
vision1592
reverie1602
whimsy1607
windmill1612
brainworm1617
maggota1625
vapour1631
flama1637
fantastic1641
idea1660
whim1697
rockstaff1729
whigmaleery1730
vagary1753
freak1785
whimsy-whamsy1807
crankum1822
whimmery1837
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim
fantasya1450
wantonness1531
humour1533
worm?a1534
will1542
toy?1545
whey-worm1548
wild worm1548
freak1563
crotchet1573
fancy1579
whim-wham1580
whirligig1589
caper1592
megrim1593
spleen1594
kicksey-winsey1599
fegary1600
humorousness1604
curiosity1605
conundrum1607
whimsy1607
windmill1612
buzza1616
capriccioa1616
quirka1616
flama1625
maggota1625
fantasticality1631
capruch1634
gimcrack1639
whimseycado1654
caprich1656
excursion1662
frisk1665
caprice1673
fita1680
grub1681
fantasque1697
whim1697
frolic1711
flight1717
whigmaleery1730
vagary1753
maddock1787
kink1803
fizgig1824
fad1834
whimmery1837
fantod1839
brain crack1853
whimsy-whamsy1871
tic1896
tick1900
the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > [noun] > fantastic or affected
conceit1463
fangle1583
crotchet1611
foppery1711
whigmaleery1793
quipa1822
dandification1827
fandangle1835
fandango1856
1730 A. Ramsay Man with Twa Wives 18 But Bess the whig..Took figmaliries, and wald jump.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 72 Gin ye be a Brig as auld as me..There'll be, if that day come, I'll wad a boddle, Some fewer whigmeleeries in your noddle.
1793 R. Burns Let. 5 Jan. (2003) II. 172 I had two worthy fellows dining with me the other day, when I..produced my whigmeleerie cup.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. vi. 127 It's a brave kirk—nane o' yere whig-maleeries and curliewurlies and open-steek hems about it.
1878 M. Oliphant Primrose Path vii A' the whigmaleeries of the auld steeple.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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