whimsicality

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
noun the trait of behaving like an imp

From whimsical + -ity.

Not a line of his face suggested humour or whimsicality. — Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters, A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
--Boston Transcript. "A feast of humor and good cheer, yet subtly pervaded by special shades of feeling, fancy, tenderness, or whimsicality. — The rose of old St. Louis, Mary (Mary C. Johnson) Dillon
An air of bewitching whimsicality hovers over the graces of this Comic heroine, like the lively conversational play of a beautiful mouth. — Complete Short Works of George Meredith, George Meredith

flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness

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