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Webster 1828 Edition


Capriciousness

CAPRICIOUSNESS

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Noun.
1.
The quality of being led by caprice; whimsicalness; unsteadiness of purpose or opinion.
2.
Unsteadiness; liableness to sudden changes; as the capriciousness of fortune.

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capriciousness

capriciousness

English

Noun

capriciousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being capricious.
    • 1827 Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill - Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice
      To employ always the same witnesses, he would excite speculation, and expose himself to the imputation of fickleness or capriciousness.