All 4 Uses

capricious
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
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curtains which draped the windows, and which puffed, floated, and flapped at the capricious will of a stiff breeze
Chpt 9 *

capricious = unpredictable
"Sometimes I am tempted to think that Mrs. Pontellier is capricious," said Madame Lebrun, who was amusing herself immensely and feared that Edna's abrupt departure might put an end to the pleasure.†
Chpt 10

capricious = impulsive or unpredictable
She made no ineffectual efforts to conduct her household en bonne menagere, going and coming as it suited her fancy, and, so far as she was able, lending herself to any passing caprice.†
Chpt 19

caprice = impulsiveness or unpredictability
Then let me tell you: It is a caprice.†
Chpt 26

Definitions:

(1) (capricious)
impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes -- especially impulsive behavior
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)