capriciousness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CAPRICIOUSNESS, noun 1. The quality of being led by caprice; whimsicalness; unsteadiness of purpose or opinion. 2. Unsteadiness; liableness to sudden changes; as the capriciousness of fortune.
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