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playful, amusing, or impulsive rather than seriously rational
- whimsical despotism4 (30% in)
whimsical = determined impulsively
(editor's note: Despotism refers to a system of government where a ruler has absolute power, so in this case, the power is wielded in an impulsive rather than a predictable manner.)
(editor's note: Despotism refers to a system of government where a ruler has absolute power, so in this case, the power is wielded in an impulsive rather than a predictable manner.)
- Lord Dudley, THE TIMES said when Lady Dudley died the other day, 'a man of cultivated taste and many accomplishments, was benevolent and bountiful, but whimsically despotic.4 (29% in)
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