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  1. 1. a. Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. Source: opted
  2. 2. adj. changeable Source: wordnet
  3. 3. adj. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason Source: wordnet
  4. 4. 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. Syn. -- Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary. -- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. -- Ca*pri"cious*ness, n. Source: webster
  5. 5. Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly;freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricioushumor." Hugh Miller.A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam. Source: adambom
  6. 6. j:100 s. changeable s. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason Source: ecdict

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