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.