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capricious

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"Whimsical"

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10 lettersPronunciation /kəˈpɹɪʃəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acciioprsuStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surface analysis, caprice + -ious.

Used in a sentence

  • I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
  • Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.
  • I am heere with thee, and thy Goats, as the moſt capricious Poet honeſt Ouid was among Gothes.

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