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Deciding on a whim, then defending it like a philosophy.
means The quality of changing moods, opinions, or decisions suddenly and unpredictably, with little regard for reason or consistency.
from Traces back to Italian capriccio, which originally meant a sudden shudder or shiver — possibly linked to capro, 'goat,' evoking the way a goat skips and leaps unpredictably, or alternatively to capo + riccio, 'hedgehog head,' describing hair standing on end with a sudden fright. Either way, the word carried the sense of an abrupt, involuntary lurch before it settled into meaning a whimsical change of mind. French picked it up as caprice, and English borrowed it from there, stretching the goat's unpredictable hop into a whole personality trait.
- root origin
- from Italian capriccio, possibly meaning hedgehog shudder
- not spontaneity
- spontaneity delights others, capriciousness confuses them
- weather trait
- most often used to describe weather and monarchs
- consistency score
- its only reliable feature is unreliability