| capricious | (adj) changeable, Syn. freakish, Example: a capricious summer breeze; freakish weather |
| capricious | (adj) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason, Syn. whimsical, impulsive, Example: a capricious refusal; authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious; the victim of whimsical persecutions |
| capriciously | (adv) unpredictably, Syn. freakishly, Example: the weather has been freakishly variable |
| capriciously | (adv) in a capricious manner, Example: there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea |
| capriciousness | (n) the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses, Syn. unpredictability |
| Capricious | a. [ Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso. ] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. “Capricious poet.” Shak. “Capricious humor.” Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ] A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam. -- |