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ca⋅pri⋅cious

[kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs]
–adjective
1. subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
2. Obsolete. fanciful or witty.

Origin:
1585–95; < It capriccioso capriccioso


ca⋅pri⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
ca⋅pri⋅cious⋅ness, noun


1. variable, flighty, mercurial. See fickle.


1. steady, constant, consistent.
ca·pri·cious   (kə-prĭsh'əs, -prē'shəs)   
adj.  Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. See Synonyms at arbitrary.
ca·pri'cious·ly adv., ca·pri'cious·ness n.

Capricious

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.
Language Translation for : capricious
Spanish: caprichoso,
German: launisch,
Japanese: 気まぐれな

Main Entry: ca·pri·cious
Pronunciation: k&-'pri-sh&s, -'prE-
Function: adjective
1 : governed or characterized by impulse or whim: as a : lacking a rational basis b : likely to change suddenly
2 : not supported by the weight of evidence or established rules of law —often used in the phrase arbitrary and capriciousca·pri·cious·ly adverbca·pri·cious·ness noun
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