capricious

adjective

/kəˈprɪʃəs/

(formal)

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showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour synonym unpredictable
- a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please
changing suddenly and quickly synonym changeable
- a capricious climate
- They had to contend with capricious economic forces.

Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French capricieux, from Italian from capriccio, literally ‘head with the hair standing on end’, hence ‘horror’, later ‘a sudden start’ (influenced by capra ‘goat’, associated with frisky movement), from capo ‘head’ + riccio ‘hedgehog’.

单词	capricious
释义	capricious adjective /kəˈprɪʃəs/ /kəˈprɪʃəs/ (formal) jump to other results showing sudden changes in attitude or behaviour synonym unpredictable a movie star who was capricious and difficult to please changing suddenly and quickly synonym changeable a capricious climate They had to contend with capricious economic forces. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French capricieux, from Italian from capriccio, literally ‘head with the hair standing on end’, hence ‘horror’, later ‘a sudden start’ (influenced by capra ‘goat’, associated with frisky movement), from capo ‘head’ + riccio ‘hedgehog’.
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