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Capricious

//kəˈpɹɪʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

    "I almost died in a capricious winter storm."

Adjective
  1. 1
    determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason wordnet
  2. 2
    changeable wordnet

Etymology

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

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