capricious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
20
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/kəˈpɹɪʃəs/

Definition of capricious

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
    “I almost died in a capricious winter storm.”
    “Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.”
    “I am heere with thee, and thy Goats, as the moſt capricious Poet honeſt Ouid was among Gothes.”
    “"Capricious?" And at this monsieur began to laugh. "Oh no, I'm not capricious. I am very faithful. I am very constant. Comprenez?"”

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Etymology

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

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