capricious

The definition of capricious is someone or something that is subject to sudden, unpredictable changes.

(adjective)

An example of capricious is someone who decides they don't want to go somewhere while already on the way.

See capricious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

subject to caprices; tending to change abruptly and without apparent reason; erratic; flighty
Obsolete showing wit or fancifulness

Origin: Fr capricieux < It capriccioso: see caprice

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See capricious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Characterized by or subject to whim; impulsive and unpredictable. See Synonyms at arbitrary.

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