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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

변덕스러움

Pronunciation / Transliteration: byeon-deok-seure-um

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Capriciousness/kəˈprɪʃ.əs.nəs/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"날씨의 변덕스러움 때문에 야외 행사가 취소되었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

    "The capricious nature of the weather caused severe planning difficulties for the outdoor festival."
  2. 2

    A tendency to make impulsive decisions driven by whims rather than logic.

    "Investors grew weary of the market's capriciousness and shifted to safer assets."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Italian word 'capriccio' (meaning a sudden start or shudder, later associated with goat-like leaping or whim, from 'capra', goat), passing through French into English. Over time, the suffix '-ness' was added to form the abstract noun describing the quality of tending to make sudden and unpredictable changes of attitude or behavior.

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