Both Uses of
capricious
in
Love in the Time of Cholera
- Set on its own garbage heap, at the mercy of capricious tides, it was the spot where the bay belched filth from the sewers back onto land.†
Chpt 3
- that city had been excluded from the itineraries of the steamboats because of the river's caprices
Chpt 3 *caprices = unpredictability
Definition:
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(capricious) impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes -- especially impulsive behavior