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Examples
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For some reason I thought of it as a giant brain having capricous thoughts.
Cloudy The Year in Pictures 2009
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The Afghans get to live in Afghanistan with Sharia Law and capricous punishment – and guess what, its not the men who pay the price.
Jack Layton And The Art Of Negotiation « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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The power really was in my hands, not in some capricous, mocking God.
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A society that applies the law differently to different people, or is capricous and unpredictable, where the laws are crafted for the benefit of some at the expense of others is a society that discourages productive activities and encourages predatory activities, one that is on the fast track towards tyranny.
The Liberty Papers 2009
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7 It seems very easy for a capricous or random issue like having a unit 1cm this way or that to determine victory or defeat.
Archive 2006-09-01 Cromwell MkI 2006
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7 It seems very easy for a capricous or random issue like having a unit 1cm this way or that to determine victory or defeat.
Camp Cromwell Thursday 31/08/06 Cromwell MkI 2006
dontcry commented on the word capricous
A regional cous-cous prepared on the island of Capri.
September 20, 2008