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Webster 1913 Edition

Capricious

Ca-pri′cious

(kȧ-prĭsh′ŭs)
,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
capricieux
, It.
capriccioso
.]
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
“Capricious poet.”
Shak.
“Capricious humor.”
Hugh Miller.
–
Ca-pri′cious-ly
,
adv.
–
Ca-pri′cious-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Capricious

CAPRICIOUS

,
Adj.
Freakish; whimsical; apt to change opinions suddenly, or to start from ones purpose; unsteady; changeable; fickle; fanciful; subject to change or irregularity; as a man of a capricious temper.

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