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Capricious

Capricious Meaning & Definition
Capricious Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Capricious?

[adj] determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
[adj] changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Capricious: arbitrary | freakish | impulsive | unpredictable | whimsical

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Capricious In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca*pri"cious\, a. [Cf. F. capricleux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. ``Capricious poet.'' --Shak. ``Capricious humor.'' --Hugh Miller. A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. --Hallam. Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary. -- {Ca*pri"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Ca*pri"cious*ness}, n.

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