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Noun: whimsicality  `wim-zi'ka-li-tee
  1. The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
    "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"; "I despair at the arbitrariness and whimsicality of my memory"; "I despair at the whimsy and whimsicality of my memory"; "I despair at the whimsey and whimsicality of my memory"; "I despair at the capriciousness and whimsicality of my memory"
    - flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness
     
  2. The trait of behaving like an imp
    - impishness, mischievousness, puckishness

Derived forms: whimsicalities

See also: whimsical

Type of: fun, irresponsibility, irresponsibleness, playfulness