capricious
[kuh-prish-uhs, -pree-shuhs]
adjective
subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
Obsolete. fanciful or witty.
Origin of capricious
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Related Words for capriciousness
anxiety, vulnerability, weakness, fluctuation, uncertainty, insecurity, volatility, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, weirdness, foible, quirk, oscillation, alternation, immaturity, vacillation, hesitation, pliancy, disquiet, unsteadinessExamples from the Web for capriciousness
Contemporary Examples of capriciousness
More than anything, they reflect our uneasiness with the modern world, its complexity, and often its capriciousness.
Historical Examples of capriciousness
The capriciousness of love is also derived by him from an attachment to some god in a former world.
PhaedrusPlato
Nor is this capriciousness exclusively the attribute of the poetic Muse.
My capriciousness had exhausted his patience, and he frankly said that he washed his hands of the "case."
My LifeJosiah Flynt
It was the time to alarm him by coldness, by capriciousness.
The Grain Of DustDavid Graham Phillips
“Capriciousness, natural in her condition,” commented all, even Capitan Tiago.
The Social CancerJos Rizal
capricious
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