capricious
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio.
Pronunciation- IPA: /kəˈpɹɪʃəs/
capricious
- Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
- Synonyms: arbitrary, whimsical, fickle
- Antonyms: conscientious, rigorous
- I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
- Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.
- c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC ↗, [Act III, scene iii], page 198 ↗:
- I am heere with thee, and thy Goats, as the moſt capricious Poet honeſt Ouid was among Gothes.
- French: capricieux
- German: kapriziös, launenhaft, unberechenbar, schrullig, launisch
- Italian: capriccioso
- Portuguese: impulsivo, imprevisível, caprichoso
- Russian: капризный
- Spanish: caprichoso, antojadizo
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