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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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