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capricious
What does capricious mean?
capricious (adjective): impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use capricious in a sentence?
- I almost died in a capricious winter storm. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce capricious?
/kəˈpɹɪʃəs/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does capricious come from?
Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to capricious
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “capricious” mean?
skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage
Not quite: that's what manipulative means.
seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent
Not quite: that's what unbounded means.
impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
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of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated
Not quite: that's what archaic means.
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