All 3 Uses of
capricious
in
Wuthering Heights
- The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being; but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light.†
p. 20.2caprice = impulsiveness or unpredictability
- He was rather too indulgent in humouring her caprices;
p. 64.2 *caprices = instances of impulsiveness or unpredictability
- 'What now?' said Catherine, leaning back, and returning his look with a suddenly clouded brow: her humour was a mere vane for constantly varying caprices.†
p. 115.5
Definition:
impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes -- especially impulsive behavior