SAT vocabulary
Whimsical
Playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
Example
"The whimsical decorations in the garden included tiny gnomes and brightly colored mushrooms."
Etymology
From obsolete whim-wham 'a fancy, a caprice'.
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