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)
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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