caprice
noun
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
caprices
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pluralof caprice.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are plenty of times you don't want to be exposed to the individual prejudices and caprices of human beings.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025
She relished the indomitable nature of our quirks and caprices, their capacity to survive even egregious catastrophe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024
They’re long accustomed to caprices of Mother Nature that can spoil an entire alfalfa cutting with a downpour or generate an especially big yield with a string of blistering days.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
West Hollywood was a city of renters who had always been vulnerable to landlords’ caprices: gay men and lesbians but also Russian Jewish immigrants and retirees on fixed incomes.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2020
How would England, for example, depend on the caprices of foreign rulers, if she contained within herself all the necessaries, and despised whatever they possessed of the luxuries of life?
From A Vindication of Natural Diet. by Percy Bysshe Shelley
