capricious

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CAPRICIOUS, adjective Freakish; whimsical; apt to change opinions suddenly, or to start from ones purpose; unsteady; changeable; fickle; fanciful; subject to change or irregularity; as a man of a capricious temper.
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