crotchet
noun
[ ˈkrɒtʃɪt ]
• a note having the time value of a quarter of a semibreve or half a minim, represented by a large solid dot with a plain stem.
• a perverse or unfounded belief or notion.
• "the natural crotchets of inveterate bachelors"
Similar:
whim,
whimsy,
fancy,
fad,
vagary,
notion,
conceit,
caprice,
kink,
twist,
freak,
fetish,
passion,
bent,
foible,
quirk,
eccentricity,
idiosyncrasy,
idée fixe,
hang-up,
thing,
megrim,
singularity,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘hook’): from Old French crochet, diminutive of croc ‘hook’, from Old Norse krókr .
