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whim

noun
/wɪm/

Etymology

Clipping of whim-wham.

Definitions

  1. A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.

    • Let ev’ry Man enjoy his whim; / What’s He to Me, or I to him?
    • “No, it is not for a wager; it is a whim of mine, which I fancy from the tone of your conversation you could understand, being apparently somewhat whimsical yourself.” “So far as whim goes, be assured of my sympathy.”

  2. A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or…

    A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes.

  3. To be seized with a whim

    To be seized with a whim; to be capricious.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.

    2. Initialism of warm-hot intergalactic medium.

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Derived

on a whim, whim gin, whim shaft

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at whim. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01whim02steam03cloud04gloomy05melancholy06humours07humour

A definitional loop anchored at whim. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at whim

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA