Ca-prĭ'cious, a.

(ka-prĭsh'us), a. [Fr. capricieux, It. capriccioso.] Governed by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. “Capricious humor.” Hugh Miller. The king had a capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam. Syn.—Arbitrary; freakish; whimsical; unsteady; captious. See ARBITRARY.