noun
- The trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment.
- usage: "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"
- synonyms: flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsy, whimsey, capriciousness
- The trait of behaving like an imp.
- synonyms: impishness, mischievousness, puckishness
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