Ca*pri"cious (kȧ*prĭsh"ŭs),
a. [Cf. F. capricieux, It.
capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice;
apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
"Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor."
Hugh Miller.
A capricious partiality to the Romish
practices.
Hallam.
Syn. -- Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle;
crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain;
inconstant; arbitrary.
-- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. --
Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.