Definition of CAPRICIOUS

capricious

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • changeable
    • "a capricious summer breeze"
  • determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
    • "a capricious refusal"
    • "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"

Adj

  • Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capricieux, from Italian capriccioso, from capriccio. By surface analysis, caprice + -ious.

Scrabble Score: 16

capricious is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
capricious is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
capricious is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

capricious is a valid Words With Friends word