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- Dictionarycapricious/kəˈprɪʃəs/
adjective
- 1. given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behaviour: "it's terrible to feel our livelihood hinges on a capricious boss"
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2 days ago · Modern usage more often applies to young women, contrasting with parthenos (παρθένος) "a virgin (of any age)", and generically as kore (κόρη < κόρϝα) "maiden, girl". The term is sometimes used by women to address each other and remains the regular Modern Greek term for "bride".
2 days ago · To stop being someone capricious implies taking control of one's life, establishing priorities and achieving deserved goals. We help you to achieve it.
4 days ago · It thus ruled the definitions to be beyond ATF’s authority and arbitrary and capricious. In the Supreme Court, the government begins its defense of the Rule by asserting that so-called “[g]host guns could be made from kits and parts that were widely available online and allowed anyone with basic tools and rudimentary skills to assemble a fully functional firearm in as little as twenty ...
2 days ago · Because if they are not universal, rights are not rights. They are luck. They are momentary, capricious, easily removed. For me to have rights – not passing privilege – you, and all the human beings beyond you, must have rights. This is also the core of ubuntu, the deeply resonant African philosophy which tells us 'I am because you are'.
4 days ago · Clear and simple definitions in American English from Britannica's language experts. More usage examples than any other dictionary.
8 hours ago · Given the standard of review for whistleblower cases in Tax Court – arbitrary and capricious as to the facts; de novo as to the law – it is not an easy run for tax whistleblowers to prevail in ...
2 days ago · Formed from (I, you, etc.)’d rather, contraction of “ would rather.”. EXAMPLES OF DRUTHERS. If the team had their druthers, they’d rather work from home than come to the office. My druthers would be to have dessert before dinner, but I know that’s not practical.
