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 Definitions of capricious  [əˈprɪʃ əs, -ˈpri ʃəs]  

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Definition of 'capricious' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) capricious
subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic; mercurial.

2.  capricious
Obs. fanciful or witty.

Etymology:  (1585–95; < It capriccioso; see capriccio , -ous)

Definition of 'capricious' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) capricious, freakish
changeable
"a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"

2. (adj) capricious, impulsive, whimsical
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
"a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
Definition of 'capricious' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) capricious
governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable
Translation of 'capricious' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: changeable
She may change her mind; – she's very capricious.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nukkerig, wispelturig, vo Arabic flag Arabic: هَوائِيٌّ، مُتَقَلِّبٌ، ذ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: непостоянен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: caprichoso Czech flag Czech: náladová, rozmarná German flag German: launisch
Danish flag Danish: impulsiv; lunefuld Greek flag Greek: ιδιότροπος Spanish flag Spanish: caprichoso
Estonian flag Estonian: tujukas Farsi flag Farsi: دمدمی مزاج Finnish flag Finnish: oikukas
French flag French: capricieux Hebrew flag Hebrew: הָפַכְפַּך Hindi flag Hindi: चंचल
Croatian flag Croatian: mušičav, hirovit Hungarian flag Hungarian: szeszélyes Indonesian flag Indonesian: tidak tetap
Icelandic flag Icelandic: duttlungafullur Italian flag Italian: capriccioso Japanese flag Japanese: 気まぐれな
Korean flag Korean: 변덕스러운 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kaprizingas, užgaidus Latvian flag Latvian: kaprīzs; untumains
Malay flag Malay: bermacam ragam Dutch flag Dutch: grillig Norwegian flag Norwegian: lunefull
Polish flag Polish: kapryśny Persian flag Persian: دمدمی مزاج Pashto flag Pashto: بد خلقه . بد مزاجه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: caprichoso Romanian flag Romanian: capricios Russian flag Russian: капризный
Slovak flag Slovak: náladový Slovenian flag Slovenian: muhast Serbian flag Serbian: kapriciozan
Swedish flag Swedish: nyckfull, lynnig Thai flag Thai: ที่เปลี่ยนแปลงได้ Turkish flag Turkish: kaprisli, maymun iştahlı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 善變的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: капризний, примхливий Urdu flag Urdu: پل میں تولہ پل میں ماشہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính khí thất thường Chinese flag Chinese: 多变的

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