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| type | s |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| def | determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason |
| examples | a capricious refusal authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious the victim of whimsical persecutions |
| Outgoing links | |
| Similar to | arbitrary |
| Derivationally related form | whimsical → whimsy; whimsical → whimsicality |
| Derivationally related form | whimsical → whimsy |
| Derivationally related form | impulsive → impulsiveness |
| Derivationally related form | capricious → caprice |
| Derivationally related form | capricious → capriciousness |
| Incoming links | |
| Similar to | arbitrary |
| Derived from adjective | capriciously → capricious |
| Derivationally related form | impulsiveness → impulsive |
| Derivationally related form | capriciousness → capricious |
| Derivationally related form | whimsy → whimsical |
| Derivationally related form | whimsicality → whimsical; whimsy → whimsical |
| Derivationally related form | caprice → capricious |
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