Word of the Day : July 19, 2021
capricious
反复无常的；任性的；变化无常的
adjective kuh-PRISH-us
Definition
: governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable
随心所欲的：冲动的，不可预测的
Examples
"Like all great children's writers, [Jacqueline] Wilson and [E.] Nesbit understood how strange and capricious children could be…." — Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Apr. 2020
“像所有伟大的儿童作家一样，[Jacqueline] Wilson and [E.] Nesbit 明白孩子们是多么奇怪和反复无常……”
"[The television show] Succession doesn't just get the details right; mirroring the capricious world of media and its greedy overlords, it also makes sweeping plot turns that build to climaxes as bloody as Macbeth." — Laura Adamczyk, The A.V. Club, 11 Nov. 2019
“[电视节目] 不只继承了好的细节处理；也反映了反复无常的媒体世界及其霸权的贪婪，它还让情节骤变，达到了像麦克白一样血腥的级别。”
Did You Know?
The adjective capricious and its close relation, the noun caprice (a synonym of whim), both derive via French from the Italian capriccio, which originally referred not to a sudden desire but to a sudden shudder of fear. Capriccio, in turn, likely derives from the Italian capo, meaning "head," and riccio, the word for "hedgehog." The implication was that someone who shuddered in fear was said to have a "hedgehog head," meaning that the person's hair stood on end like the spines of a hedgehog.
形容词capricious及其密切相关的名词 caprice（whim「心血来潮」的同义词），都是通过法语从意大利语 capriccio 衍化来的，最初指的不是突然的欲望，而是突如起来的恐惧颤抖。 反过来，Capriccio 可能源自意大利语 capo，意思是“head「头」”，而 riccio，意思是“hedgehog「刺猬」”。 言外之意是，一个因恐惧而颤抖的人被称为“hedgehog head「刺猬头」”，意思是这个人的头发像刺猬的刺一样竖着。
Name That Synonym
Unscramble the letters to create a synonym of capricious: SMONOHI.
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