Reverse Dictionary: WHIM

ADJECTIVES
► AIRY-FAIRY light and delicate, whimsical; fanciful → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BEE-HEADED crazy; eccentric; whimsical → 1879
► CAT-WITTED small-minded, obstinate, and spiteful; silly and conceited; harebrained, whimsical → 1673
► COCK-HEADED vain, conceited, whimsical → 1888 Sc. (Bk.)
► COCKLE-BRAINED whimsical, eccentric, flighty, fanciful; foolish, chuckle-headed → 1824 Sc.
► CONNIPITY full of whims; hard to please, particular → 1927 Amer. dial.
► CRANKY  eccentric, queer, peculiar in notions or behaviour; crotchety, whimsical → 1850
► FADDISH whimsical → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FADDY fastidious, fidgety, over-particular; full of crotchets or whims → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FANCICAL fanciful; whimsical → 1671 rare exc. Eng. dial.
► FLAMBUGINOUS of the nature of a ‘flam’; nonsensical, sham, whimsical → 1813
​► FLISKY fidgety; unsettled; light-headed; whimsical; frolicsome; flighty; lively: of a horse: restive, frisky → 1807 Sc.
► HIGHTY-TIGHTY flighty, whimsically inclined → 19C Eng. dial.
► HUMOURISH whimsical, moody → 1653
► HUMOURSOME subject to moods; whimsical, capricious; peevish, ill-humoured → 1607 arch.
► KICKSEY-WINSEY fantastic, whimsical, erratic → c1650 obs.
► MAGGATIVE full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► MAGGATIVOUS full of whims or fancies; whimsical, capricious, crotchety → 1905 Sc.  (Bk.)
► MAGGOT-BRAINED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse → L17 sl.
► MAGGOT-HEADED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse → L17 sl.
► MAGGOTISH crotchety; full of whims or perverse fancies → a1700 obs.
► MAGGOT-PATED whimsical, fanciful, eccentric; a general epithet of abuse → L17 sl.
► MAGGOTTING full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAGGOTTY ► MAGGOTY full of whims and foolish fancies; freakish → 1650
► MAGGOTY-HEADED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety → 1667
► MAGGOTY-MINDED full of whims or fancies, whimsical, capricious, crotchety → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAGGOTY-PATED whimsical → 1850
► MANKY whimsical; lively, frisky → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAWKISH whimsical → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAWKY whimsical, capricious, changeable; peevish, discontented; proud, conceited → 1854 Eng. dial.
► MAWKY-HEADED adj. whimsical → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOONISH acting as if under the moon’s influence;  changeable, fickle, flighty, whimsical, capricious, variable → c1407 obs.
► NOTIONAL strange, having odd or peculiar ideas; fanciful, whimsical; opinionated; temperamental; fussy → 1791 Amer. dial.
► NOTIONATE given to notions or impulses, fanciful, whimsical → 1850 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► OF STRANGE OPPORTUNITY whimsical → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► VAGARIOUS full of vagaries, erratic, capricious, whimsical → 1827
► VAGARISH somewhat whimsical → 1819 obs.
► WEEDY whimsical or ridiculous → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► ANTRIMS airs, whims, caprices, with an implication of temper; tantrums → 1884 Eng. dial.
► BEES whims, fancies → 1776 Sc.
► BRAIN CRACK a whimsical or eccentric notion → 1853 obs.
► BUZZ a groundless fancy, a whim → a1616 obs.
► CANKUM a prank, a whim, a fit of peevishness → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CANTRIP any playfully mischievous trick; any whimsically mad, eccentric, or extravagant piece of conduct → 1719
► CAPRICCIO a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy → 1601 obs.
► CAPRICH a sudden change or turn of the mind without apparent or adequate motive; a desire or opinion arbitrarily or fantastically formed; a freak, whim, a mere fancy → 1656 obs.
► CRANK an eccentric notion or action; a crotchet, whim, caprice → 1848
► DANDRUM a whim, a freak; an ill temper → 1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DIDDLE a whim, a fad; something trifling → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DODRUM a whim, a fancy → 1823 Sc.
► EYE WORM a fantasy or whim which establishes itself through visual impression → 1591 obs.
► FAGERRY a vagary, a whimsical notion, a fancy → 1892 Ireland
► FANCY a legend, a fanciful tale; a whim, an idea; delirious talk; general in plural → 1836 Eng. dial.
► FANDANGLEMENT a whim, crotchet; a gewgaw → 1867 Eng. dial.
► FANGLE a conceit, a whim → 1854 Eng. dial.
► FANGLER a whim, conceit → 1859 Eng. dial.
► FANTADS fancies, whims → 1880 Eng. dial.
► FANTASQUE fancy, whim → 1698 obs.
► FANTASTICALITY something that is fantastical; a crotchet, a whim → 1631
► FANTIGUE a vagary, a fancy, a whim; a joke, a ‘lark’ ..1894 Eng. dial.
► FANTODS fancies, whims → 1880 Eng. dial.
► FEGARY a vagary, a prank; a whim, an eccentricity → E17 Eng. dial. & colloq.
► FEGRIM a whim. a vagary; finery → 1766 Sc. obs.
► FICK-FACKS. peculiarities of temper, whims → 19C Sc.
► FIDDLE-FADDLES trifles, whims; trifling, idle employments → 1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FIKE a whim, fancy; also, a fancy article, a gewgaw → 1834 Sc.
► FIKE-FACKS nonsense; foolish, trifling sayings; whims, peculiarities of temper → 1825 Sc.
► FINGLE-FANGLE a trifle; a thing of no importance; something whimsical or fantastic → 1678 obs.
► FRIM-FRAM a trifle, a whim, a fancy, an invention → 1847 Sc.
► GAIRIES ► GAWRIES vagaries, whims, freaks → 1740 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GAIRY a whim, fancy → 1822 Sc. obs.
► GAMMET ► GAMUT fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick → 1865 Eng. dial.
► GAMMETTING frolicking, whims, tricks, pranks → 1873 Eng. dial.
► GREECUMS whims, fancies → 1887 Eng. dial.
► HAIVER a piece of folly or nonsense; a whim, a piece of foolishness → 1793 Sc.
► JAG a whim; a fancy → 1896 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KEESTER a trait, whim, or peculiarity, generally bad → 1929 Sc.
► KICKIE-WICKIE a whim or erratic fancy → 19C
► KICKSEY-WINSEY a fantastic device; a whim or erratic fancy → 1599 obs.
► KINK a whimsical idea, a slight eccentricity → 19C US sl.
► MADDOCK a whim → 1790 N. Eng. dial.
► MAGGOT a whimsical or perverse fancy; a crotchet → a1625
► MAWK a whim, a foolish fancy; a joke; a trick → 1790 Eng. dial.
► MAY-GAMES tricks, frolics, antics, practical jokes; whims, fancies → 1825 Eng. dial.
► MEGRIM a whim, fancy, caprice; an absurd notion or fancy; generally in plural → 1831 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NANNICK an idle whim; a childish fancy or fear; a jibe → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NIFF-NAFFS whims, caprices, fussiness of disposition → 1808 Sc. 
► NIFLE a whim, a fancy; fussiness → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► ODD KICK IN ONE’S GALLOP a whim, a fancy; an eccentricity → L18 sl.
► QUEERNESSES AND QUIAMS whims of all sorts → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIAMS whims; singular notions → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUIDDLES whims, foolish fancies → 1891 Eng. dial.
► QUIRK a fuss; a whim, fancy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHOKE a hobby; a whim; a favourite pursuit → 1892 Anglo-Indian sl. (Bk.)
► TANTRIL a freak, a whim → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TANTRUM a foolish fancy; a whim, vagary; a fluster → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► THRUM a senseless, foolish whim; a fit of ill-humour or dissatisfaction → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TIC ► TICK a whim, a fancy; a peculiar habit or notion; an idiosyncrasy → 1896
► TWIST a peculiar mental turn or bent; an intellectual or moral bias or obliquity; a craze, a whim → 1811
► VAKE a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim → 1857 Eng. dial.
► VARIORUM a whim, caprice; a palaver, fuss → 1857 Sc. obs.
► VEAG ► VEAGUE a freak, a whim → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VEAK a fit of ill temper; a passion, a rage; a sudden, capricious freak; a vagary; a whim → 1857 Eng. dial.
► VITTRE a whim; a pretense → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WANTONNESS caprice, whim → 1595 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► FADDIST one who has a fad or whims; one who indulges in fads → 1883
► FADDLE a fanciful person, either fastidious in trifles or devoted to some particular hobby; a fussy, over-particular person; one full of whims and fancies → 1881 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAGGOT a whimsical or capricious person → 1681
► MAGGOT-MONGER a crotcheteer; a whimsical person → 1660 obs.
► MAGGOT-PATE a silly whimsical person → 1622 obs.
► MAGGOTY-PATE an opprobrious term; a whimsical person → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAGGOTY-POW a whimsical, crotchety person → 1887 Sc.
► SABIN a whimsical or fanciful person → 1881  (Bk.)
► VAGARIAN one given to vagaries or whims → 1891

VERBS
► HAVE BEES IN THE HEAD to be whimsical or obsessed with something → a1553
► THRUM to act on a foolish whim; to become sulky or ill-humoured → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)