whimsy
noun
[ ˈwɪmzi ]
• playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour.
• "the film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing"
• a whim.
• "a clean slate on which to enter information in the form that suits your whimsy"
Origin:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘caprice’): probably based on whim-wham.
