[f. prec. adj. + -NESS.] The quality of being whimsical; whimsicality.
1714. trans. à Kempis’ Chr. Exerc., IV. xiv. 250. Lest Meditation should decline … into Melancholy and Whimsicalness.
1747. Hoadly, Suspicious Husband, V. ii. I cannot sufficiently admire at the Whimsicalness of my good Fortune, in being so instrumental to this general Happiness.
1865. Mrs. Whitney, Gayworthys, xxxii. ‘Did you think I would?’ cried Joanna, lifting up her head suddenly, with something of the old spirit of whimsicalness.
