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Capricious
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor." Hugh Miller. A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.
Synonyms: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary. Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.