Capricious Definition & Meaning
capricious
- adjective
- changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather"
- determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
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- What does capricious mean?
- changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather" determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions"
- What part of speech is capricious?
- Capricious is an adjective.
- How many definitions does capricious have?
- Capricious has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).