capricious

Words with a similar base: capricious

'capricious'

[capricious.s.01] as in: changeable

Examples:
a capricious summer breeze
freakish weather

'capricious'

[capricious.s.02] as in: determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason

Examples:
a capricious refusal
authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
the victim of whimsical persecutions

Origins

					capricious (English)
└── capricieux (French)
    └── capriccioso (Italian)
        ├── -oso (Italian)
        │   └── -osus (Latin)
        └── capriccio (Italian)

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