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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness (131)
giddinessa1290

Thoughtless folly, flightiness; fickleness, instability.

lightnessc1384

Levity in behaviour or manner; fickleness, inconstancy, frivolity; thoughtlessness, carelessness, indifference; lack of seriousness.

gerishnessa1513

wildness, waywardness.

fantasticnessc1550

= fantasticalness, n.

unstaidnessa1557

Absence of staidness in conduct or opinion.

fantasticalness1583

Capriciousness, whimsicality; waywardness.

triflingnessa1586

The quality of being trifling; triviality, pettiness.

spleen1598

Caprice; changeable temper. Obsolete.

capriciousness1607

The quality of being capricious.

skittishness1607

The quality of being skittish, in various senses.

humorousness1611

The state of being subject to one's mood or humour; capriciousness; fancifulness, whimsicality; (also) peevishness, moroseness. Obsolete.

wavinga1628

The action of changing capriciously; vacillation, wavering, Obsolete.

volageness1633

arbitrariness1643

The quality of being arbitrary or uncontrolled in the exercise of will: (a) capriciousness; (b) despotism.

garishness1649

Want of self-restraint, flightiness. Obsolete.

legerity1652

Lack of proper seriousness or solemnity. Also: capriciousness, inconstancy. Obsolete.

mercury1653

figurative. Spirit, liveliness; volatility of temperament, inconstancy; wittiness. Obsolete.

volatility1655

Tendency to lightness, levity, or flightiness; lack of steadiness or seriousness.

caprich1656

= capriccio, n., caprice, n.

humoursomeness1662

The quality or character of being humoursome; capriciousness; an instance of this. In later use also: sense of humour; good humour.

hoity-toity1668

(a) Riotous or giddy behaviour; romping, frolic; disturbance, ‘rumpus’; flightiness. (b) Assumption of superiority, ‘airs’, huffiness.

jollity1670

The quality or condition of being jolly, light-hearted, or festive; exuberant mirth or cheerfulness; †levity, giddiness (obsolete).

unaccountableness1676

(un-, prefix1 affix 6.)

freak1678

The disposition of a mind subject to such humours; capriciousness.

whimsya1680

= whim, n.1 3b. archaic.

featheriness1689

Lightness, fickleness.

toysomeness1697

caprice1711

The disposition of a mind subject to such humours; capriciousness.

whimsicalness1715

The quality of being whimsical; whimsicality.

flirtation1718

The action or behaviour of a flirt; †flighty or giddy behaviour, frivolity; the action of playing at courtship.

whima1721

In generalized sense: capricious humour or disposition of mind.

flightiness1747

The quality or state of being flighty; giddy capriciousness, fickleness or whimsicalness.

whimsicality1761

The quality or state of being whimsical; whimsicalness; oddity, fantasticalness. Also with a and plural.

giggishness1781

fancifulness1818

The quality of being fanciful.

hoity-toityness1820

flightiness, huffiness, petulance.

whifflery1835

Action characteristic of a whiffler; trifling.

crotchetiness1837

The quality of being crotchety.

quirkiness1870

The quality of being quirky, esp. in terms of character, behaviour, etc.; peculiarity; eccentricity; unexpectedness.

faddishness1884

faddism1885

Fondness for fads; a disposition to pursue fads.

vagarity1886

Capricious irregularity or variability.

erraticism1889

Erratic tendencies.

whimsiness1909

Subcategories:

— domain of (1)
— a caprice or whim (64)
— capricious persons or animals (19)
— whimsical or fanciful object (3)
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