Also 7 caprichiousness(e, caprytchyousnes. [f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality of being capricious.
1617. Markham, Caval., II. 53. Inuented … to showe caprytchyousnes of cunning mens braines.
1671. Dryden, Evening’s Love, IV. i. You have a just Exception against the Caprichiousness of Destiny.
1752. Fielding, Amelia, IV. v. From nothing better than a capriciousness in his friend’s temper.
1828. D’Israeli, Chas. I., I. xi. 301. He could only ascribe their antipathy to Buckingham to the capriciousness of popular favour.
1863. Geo. Eliot, Romola, vi. I … marvel at the capriciousness of my daughter’s memory.
