figurative. A capricious, giddy, or frivolous person, esp. one having a gaudy or showy appearance.
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释义 | the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > capricious persons or animals > capricious or whimsical person (18) butterflya1500 figurative. A capricious, giddy, or frivolous person, esp. one having a gaudy or showy appearance. wild-brain1580 a wild-brained or wild-headed person, a harebrain. wild-head1583 = wild-brain n. humorista1586 A person who is subject to fancies, obsessions, or quirks of thought or behaviour; a whimsical person. Cf. humour, n. 6. Obsolete. wild goose1597 figurative. Used of or in reference to a flighty or foolish person: cf. goose, n. 1f. barmy-froth1598 (figurative) a flighty, empty-headed fellow. whirligig1602 A fickle, inconstant, giddy, or flighty person (cf. gig, n.1 4); also, one who turns round or moves about actively, as in a dance. maggot-monger1607 a person who expresses whimsical or eccentric ideas (see sense 2). maggot-patea1640 a silly whimsical person. kickshaw1644 A fantastical, frivolous person. Obsolete exc. dialect. whimsy-pate1654 maggot1681 A whimsical or capricious person. Obsolete. volatilityship1771 used to designate a volatile person. rare. whimship1793 mock title for a whimsical person. vagarist1888 One who is subject to vagaries; a vagarious person. Jack-o'-wisp1896 a frivolous or flighty person; (literally) a will-o'-the-wisp. Hamlet1903 Used allusively, esp. to denote a troubled, indecisive, or capricious person. Also transferred and attributive. temperamentalist1924 a temperamental person. |
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