But in my view, the most revolutionary innovation of all to come to us from this ancient world was the idea that natural events were neither punishment nor reward from capricious gods.
[, maji ; maji] (adj-na,n) (1) (col) (abbr) (See 真面目・まじめ) serious (not capricious or flirtatious); (aux-v) (2) (まじ only) (See まい) cannot; should not; will not; must not [Add to Longdo]
[あきっぽい, akippoi] (adj-i) fickle; capricious; soon wearied of [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Capricious \Ca*pri"cious\ (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh"[u^]s), 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.
Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety;
fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
inconstant; arbitrary. -- {Ca*pri"cious*ly}, adv. --
{Ca*pri"cious*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
capricious
adj 1: changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish
weather" [syn: {capricious}, {freakish}]
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" [syn: {capricious}, {impulsive}, {whimsical}]
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