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capricious

cap·ri·cious

UK/kəˈpɹɪʃəs/ US/kəˈpɹiʃəs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

changeable

  • “a capricious summer breeze”
  • “freakish weather”
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2.

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”
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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surface analysis, caprice + -ious.

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