English
Etymology
Borrowed from French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio.
Adjective
capricious (comparative more capricious, superlative most capricious)
- Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
- I almost died in a capricious winter storm.
- Stringent rulers are unlikely to act capriciously.
- The Mayor claimed that the action was reasonable, but in reality the action was arbitrary and capricious in nature.
1877, Henry James, The American:"Capricious?" And at this monsieur began to laugh. "Oh no, I'm not capricious. I am very faithful. I am very constant. Comprenez?"
Usage notes
- Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions he or she makes.
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Translations
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
- Breton: froudennek (br)
- Bulgarian: капризен (bg) (kaprizen), непостоянен (bg) (nepostojanen), непредвидим (nepredvidim)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 反复无常的, 善变的, 任性的
- Danish: uberegnelig, uforudsigbar/uforutsigbar, lunefuld
- Dutch: grillig (nl), wispelturig (nl)
- Esperanto: kapricema
- Finnish: oikukas (fi), oikullinen (fi)
- French: capricieux (fr)
- German: kapriziumeös, launenhaft, unberechenbar (de), schrullig (de), launisch (de)
- Hungarian: szeszélyes (hu)
- Icelandic: duttlungasamur m, mislyndur (is) m, kenjóttur (is) m, dyntóttur m, duttlungafullur m
- Indonesian: sulit diduga, licin (id), licik (id)
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- Irish: meonúil
- Japanese: 気紛れ (kimagure)
- Lithuanian: įnoringas
- Norwegian: uberegnelig, uforutsigbar, lunefull
- Persian: دمدمیمزاج (damdami-mezâj)
- Polish: nagły (pl) m, kapryśny (pl)
- Portuguese: impulsivo, imprevisível (pt), caprichoso (pt)
- Romanian: capricios (ro)
- Russian: капризный (ru) m (kapriznyj)
- Spanish: caprichoso (es), antojadizo (es)
- Swedish: oberäknelig (sv), oförutsägbar (sv), nyckfull (sv)
- Thai: ตามอำเภอใจ (tāmxảp̣hexcı)
- Turkish: kaprisli (tr)
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