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capriciousness

capriciousness noun: the quality of being capricious.

Noun

capriciousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being capricious.
    • To employ always the same witnesses, he would excite speculation, and expose himself to the imputation of fickleness or capriciousness.1827, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice

Origin of capriciousness

From capricious + -ness.

Questions about capriciousness

What does capriciousness mean?
Capriciousness means the quality of being capricious.
What part of speech is capriciousness?
Capriciousness is a noun.

Words near capriciousness in the dictionary

  1. caprice
  2. caprices
  3. caprichio
  4. capricious
  5. capriciously
  6. capriciousness
  7. Capricorn
  8. capricorn beetle
  9. capricorn beetles
  10. Capricornian
  11. Capricornians

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