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impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes — especially impulsive behavior
- retired from the Diplomatic Service in a capricious moment of annoyance at not being offered the Embassy at Paris, a post to which he considered that he was fully entitled by reason of ... and his inordinate passion for pleasure.Chapter 3 (2% in)
capricious = impulsive
- The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.Chapter 2 (60% in)
- The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.Chapter 2 (60% in)
- "In that case, let our friendship be a caprice," he murmured, flushing at his own boldness, then stepped up on the platform and resumed his pose.Chapter 2 (61% in)
There are no more uses of "capricious" in The Picture of Dorian Gray - 20 chapter version.
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