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# capricious

adjective (more capricious, most capricious)

«capricious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Capricious means changing your mind often and without reason; moody and unpredictable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capricious/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes a princess or wife in tales who is moody and hard to please, so nobody knows what she will want next

### Examples

- The princess was capricious: she cried, then laughed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capricious/#x1)
- A capricious wind blew the kite about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capricious/#x2)
- You cannot please a capricious child. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capricious/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «capricious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/capricious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«capricious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/capricious.html) on Mova free.