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The trait of acting more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
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capriciousness
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Capricious \Ca*pri"cious\ (k[.a]*pr[i^]sh"[u^]s), a. [Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. ``Capricious poet.'' --Shak. ``Capricious humor.'' ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses [syn: unpredictability ] the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment; "I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory" [syn: flightiness ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being capricious.
Usage examples of capriciousness.
In the Alpha and Gamma Quadrants, a war made possible by what some thought was a wormhole continued to ebb antiflow according to the strengths of its combatants and the seeming capriciousness of beings who lived outside linear time.
Otherwise might she not be accused of a capriciousness quite as deplorable to consider?
His human capriciousness and curiosity had already opened several profitable avenues, such as the hexaflexagon parallel, and might do it again.