capricious

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Woman is less changeable, but to call her capricious is a stupid insult.

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  1. adjective Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. See Synonyms at arbitrary.

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  • I have just left Augereau, who was vomiting fire and fury against what he calls your capricious proclamations. —  Recollections of the private life of Napoleon
  • Heaven was still full of stars, but eastward turning wan. —  The Day of Their Return
  • Woman is less changeable, but to call her capricious is a stupid insult. —  A Prince of Bohemia
  • I'll see if I can find something for you to use as a cane. " —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • I answered, "We have been stove by a whale." —  The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
 

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  1. Formerly also capriccious; = French capricieux = Spanish Portuguese caprichoso = Italian capriccioso, capricious; from the noun: see caprice.
 

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/kəˈprɪʃəs/
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