单词 | whim |
释义 | whimn.1 I. Senses relating to playfulness of caprice. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun allusion1550 nick1561 paronomasia1577 paronomasy1592 quiblin1605 quibblea1627 quiblet1627 clinch1629 quibbling1633 clink1634 clench1638 pun1644 conundrum1645 whim1652 pundigrion1673 jeu de mots1823 calembour1830 Tom Swifty1963 paronym1982 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. B1v There was the whim, or double meaning on't. 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. B1v One told a Gentleman His son should be a man-killer, and hang'd for't; Who, after prov'd a great and rich Physician, And with great Fame ith' Universitie Hang'd up in Picture for a grave example. There was the whim of that. Quite contrary! 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew i. sig. B2v Shall Squire Oldrent's Daughters Weare old rents in their Garments? (there's a whim too). 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > product of chimera1587 brainbrat1630 brain-being1659 capriccio1678 whim1678 whimsy1712 caprice1721 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > whimsical or fanciful object whim-whama1529 whim1678 whimsy1712 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 8 When he..Had rifled all his Pokes, and Fobs, Of Gimcracks, Whims, and Jiggumbobs. 1713 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 16 Jan. (1948) II. 603 I came home at 7, & began a little Whim wch just came into my Head, & will make a threepenny Pamphlet. 1731 J. Cheny Hist. List Horse-matches 89 This Prize is call'd a Whim or whimsical Plate, because the Conditions of running for the same, are different from those of all other Prizes. 1752 D. Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) I. 275 Were the testimony of history less positive..such a Government [as that of Sparta] would appear a mere philosophical whim or fiction. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 111 Some may praise the grass-plat whims, Which the gard'ner weekly trims. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person dreamera1425 fantast1588 fantastical1589 fantastic1598 maggot-monger1607 Sabine1610 maggot-patea1640 wham1691 whim1712 visionarya1719 imaginariana1729 ideologue1815 ideologist1818 fancier1828 idealist1829 abstractionist1844 phantasist1864 dreamsmith1873 luftmensch1902 cuckoo-lander1916 fantasist1923 pie-in-the-skyer1973 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 371. ¶2 That sort of Men who are called Whims and Humourists. c. In ombre: the deciding on the trump suit by turning up the top card of the stock. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > ombre and quadrille > [noun] > actions or tactics mediateur1797 defence1874 surrender1874 whim1874 solo1878 1874 H. H. Gibbs Game of Ombre 41 (note) Voltereta, though known in England (under the name of the Whim), was not appreciated there. 3. a. A capricious notion or fancy; a fantastic or freakish idea; an odd fancy. ΘΚΠ 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 1697 J. Vanbrugh Provok'd Wife ii. 24 Walking pretty late in the Park..A whim took me to sing Chivy-Chase. 1702 T. Savery Miner's Friend 80 Many such like Whims [as perpetual motion] are pretended to by Designing Men. 1713 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1898) IV. 254 The New-Printing House just erected, wch is (it seems, out of a Whim) to be called Typographéum Clarendonianum. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 89 See the sage hermit,..Wearing out life in his religious whim, Till his religious whimsy wears out him. 1832 H. Martineau Ella of Garveloch viii The scheme was no whim of the moment. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xlii. 424 Mrs. Dombey may be in earnest, or she may be pursuing a whim, or she may be opposing me. 1899 A. Conan Doyle Confessions in Duet There are all..degrees of love, some just the whim of a moment, and others the passion of a lifetime. b. In generalized sense: capricious humour or disposition of mind. ΘΚΠ 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 a1721 M. Prior Enigma: Form'd half Beneath 7 They [sc. skates] serve the poor for use, the rich for whim. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 147 Sneering G**de, half malice and half whim. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xii. i. 376 I came up to pay my devotions; but whim, or perhaps revenge..determined her to put on the stranger. 1884 R. L. Stevenson Memories & Portraits (1887) xvi. 275 Mr. Besant so genial,..with so persuasive and humorous a vein of whim. II. A mechanical device. 4. a. A machine, used esp. for raising ore or water from a mine, consisting of a vertical shaft carrying a large drum with one or more radiating arms or beams to which a horse or horses, etc. may be yoked and by which it may be turned, the rope being wound on the drum by the horse's motion; also horse-whim (see horse n. Compounds 1d). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan windas1293 wind1399 windlassc1400 fern1546 stow?1549 capstock1551 winch1577 draw-beam1585 wind-beam1585 winder1585 capstring1609 crab1627 guindall1628 gin1632 Jack1686 screw engine1688 twirl1688 moulineta1706 jack roll1708 wind-lifta1734 whim1738 stowce1747 whim-engine1759 macaroni gin1789 whimsy1789 winze1839 jack roller1843 wink1847 winding engine1858 fusee-windlass1874 come-along1891 1738 MSS. Dk. Portland (Hist. MSS. Comm.) VI. 177 This Lord has destroyed the old ridiculous water works and whims that were then when made much in vogue. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 11 A Wheel and Axle, (which they call a Whim). 1770 Ann. Reg. 1769 Nat. Hist. 101/1 Four horses,..at a common wem or engine, are sufficient to keep the mine clear. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 143 A proper working Shaft, upon which a Whym may be erected. 1802 J. Mawe Mineral. of Derbyshire Gloss. Wim, an engine or machine to draw ore, worked by horses. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xliv. 296 The whole plant, the whim, the tools,..—every mortal thing down to a worn-out hide bucket—was sold. b. In form whin. ΚΠ 1838 F. W. Simms Public Wks. Great Brit. ii. 3 Cutting the whin ropes nearly through. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 947/1 Whin (Mining), a machine for raising ores and refuse. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 9 June 5/3 Rolling a large oak tree with a timber whin. c. A four-wheeled vehicle used esp. for conveying large cast-iron pipes. ΚΠ 1922 Metrop. Water Board, Contr. for Pipelaying 3rd Sched., 1 horse, pipe whim and man. Compounds C1. ΚΠ 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 25 These whimm' Crown'd shees, these fashion-fansying wits. 1786 R. Burns Poems 234 Is there a whim-inspir'd fool, Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule..Let him draw near. C2. General attributive, as whim-driver, whim-engine, whim-gin, whim-horse, whim-house, whim-kibble, whim-rope, whim-round, whim-shaft. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan windas1293 wind1399 windlassc1400 fern1546 stow?1549 capstock1551 winch1577 draw-beam1585 wind-beam1585 winder1585 capstring1609 crab1627 guindall1628 gin1632 Jack1686 screw engine1688 twirl1688 moulineta1706 jack roll1708 wind-lifta1734 whim1738 stowce1747 whim-engine1759 macaroni gin1789 whimsy1789 winze1839 jack roller1843 wink1847 winding engine1858 fusee-windlass1874 come-along1891 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > that turns a piece of machinery mill-horsec1443 mill-jade1612 whip-horse1677 gin-horse1693 whim-horse1759 well-horse1894 society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > shaft > other types stulm1693 whim-shaft1759 sump shaft1778 channel1816 staple1818 incline shaft1842 raise1877 stair-pit1883 subshaft1889 1759 W. Borlase in Philos. Trans. 1758 (Royal Soc.) 50 504 The whim-house shook so terribly, that a man there at work ran out of it, concluding it to be falling. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 144 A whym Shaft to draw the Deads and Ore from the Sump of the Mine. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 150 Two horses..go round upon a platform named the Whym-round. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 165 In deep Mines, some whym ropes cost fifty or sixty pounds. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis Gloss. at Kibbal A Whym-Kibbal is a larger [bucket], which..serves to draw water with, or bring up the Ore to grass. 1789 J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle II. 684 In a whim gin the ropes run upon two wheel pullies over the shaft. 1834 2nd Rep. Cornwall Polytechn. Soc. 41 The Steam Whim Engine. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 139 Shafts..intended for the extraction of ores (called whim-shafts where horse-whims are employed for extracting the produce). ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 84 Whim Driver. 1896 J. Hocking Fields of Fair Renown i The boy who drove the ‘whim horse’ cracked his whip. Derivatives whimmed adj. ? possessed with a whim or odd fancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] dreaminga1500 fantasied1590 chimerizing1604 vaporous1605 imaginative1626 whimsy1637 airy1643 whimmed1654 chimerical1660 figmentitious1660 notional1664 visionary1712 viewy1848 Barriesque1894 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical > marked or characterized by capriciousness fantastical1531 feathery1601 fantasticala1618 arbitrary1646 fancy1646 whimmed1654 fantastic1658 volatile1661 vagarious1827 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot i. viii. 29 Our Don (or if Sancho had the braines, for the Squires were whim'd in the whiske) might very well from that encounter have stil'd himself a Knight of Millan. ˈwhimmery n. a piece of whimsicality. ΘΚΠ 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 1837 Fraser's Mag. 15 333 Had not Mr. Pugin's attention been too exclusively engrossed by that architectural whimmery. 1906 T. Sinton Poetry of Lochaber 182 We can imagine the swing of his bow with many a pause and twirl carrying through the whimeries of the rhyme. ˈwhimship n. mock title for a whimsical person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > fanciful person > mock title of whimship1793 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > capricious persons or animals > capricious or whimsical person butterflya1500 wild-brain1580 wild-head1583 humorista1586 wild goose1597 barmy-froth1598 whirligig1602 maggot-monger1607 maggot-patea1640 kickshaw1644 whimsy-pate1654 maggot1681 volatilityship1771 whimship1793 vagarist1888 Jack-o'-wisp1896 Hamlet1903 temperamentalist1924 1793 Ann. Reg., Projects 337 You're sure to find his Whimship there. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online March 2022). whimn.2 The European wigeon.In later works. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > freshwater birds > order Anseriformes (geese, etc.) > subfamily Merginae (duck) > [noun] > member of genus Anas (miscellaneous) > anas penelope (Eurasian widgeon) wigeon1508 winder1542 atteal1600 smeath1622 smee1668 whistling duck1699 whima1705 white-face1709 poacher1888 a1705 J. Ray Synopsis Avium & Piscium (1713) i. 146 Penelope Aldrov. An Anas fistularis? The Wigeon, or Whewer, or Whim. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). whimv. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > be inconstant [verb (intransitive)] > be whimsical whim1704 1704 T. Baker Act at Oxf. iii. ii. 32 Blo. [Aside] The Rogue whims it rarely. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > cause to become inconstant [verb (transitive)] > desire capriciously > put off by a whim whim1710 1710 R. Ward Life H. More 216 He knew not, how he came to be whimm'd off from it (as his expression was). c. To desire capriciously, to have an odd fancy for. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > be disposed or inclined to [verb (transitive)] > be favourably inclined to reckOE keep1297 to list ofa1300 to have, take a fancy for, to1465 lean1530 fantasy1548 to run upon ——1550 mind1648 to run to ——1809 whim1842 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > cause to become inconstant [verb (transitive)] > desire capriciously whim1842 1842 F. Trollope Visit to Italy I. x. 153 What he whimmed to will, that he had power to do. 1860 S. Martin Westm. Chapel Pulpit ii. 15 He expects us to do not what we whim. 2. intransitive. Of the head: To be giddy, to ‘swim’. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > have vertigo [verb (intransitive)] turnOE swimblea1400 whirl1561 wheel1593 whim1700 reel1701 swim1702 swirl1818 spin1819 giddy1845 1700 W. Congreve Way of World iv. i. 61 My head begins to whim it about—Why dost thou not speak? thou art both as drunk and as mute as a Fish. 1716–20 Lett. from Mist's Jrnl. (1722) I. 88 The first Night he retired to his Chamber, his Head whimm'd immediately. Derivatives ˈwhimming adj. whimsical, capricious. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [adjective] > of fanciful nature feigned1526 fantasticala1546 conceited1588 capricious1594 fanatical1598 vaporous1605 chimerical1638 chimeric1655 lymphatical1678 chimerian1682 wild goose1770 visionary1777 whimmy1785 whimming1787 Laputan1866 viewy1866 Alice1872 Alice-in-Wonderland1874 fantasied1882 Alician1898 blue-sky1920 pie in the sky1930 rocambolesque1935 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- 1787 J. Howie Plain Reasons for Dissent. 215 [The motion] was rejected on the whimming pretence there was no present danger. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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