capriciousness

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English

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Etymology

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From capricious +‎ -ness.

Noun

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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.

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