capricious, impulsive, whimsical
(adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; “a capricious refusal”; “authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious”; “the victim of whimsical persecutions”
capricious, freakish
(adjective) changeable; “a capricious summer breeze”; “freakish weather”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
capricious (comparative more capricious, superlative most capricious)
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim
• Capricious can describe both a person and the decisions he or she makes.
• whimsical
• arbitrary
• conscientious
• rigorous
• auriscopic
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*pri"cious, a. Etym: [Cf. F. capricleux, It. capriccioso.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
