capriciousness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English capricious

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English capriciousness

From capricious + -ness.

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Noun

capriciousness (uncountable)

1. The quality of being capricious.
   • 1827, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice:

     To employ always the same witnesses, he would excite speculation, and expose himself to the imputation of fickleness or capriciousness.

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: caprichosidad f
• Swedish: nyckfullhet (sv), oberäknelighet (sv), oförutsägbarhet (sv)
• Turkish: hercailik (tr)