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capricious

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GRECAT
DEFINITION

changeable

WEBSTER'S 1913

Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'capricornus' (like a goat's unpredictable leap)

SYNONYMS
IN LITERATURE

I had to decide whether we took a hero or an author, which I soon learnt to do with capricious resolution.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

The Grutas de Rancho Nuevo Ecotourism Center is centered on a set of caves in which appear capricious forms of stalagmite and stalactites.

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