#212 capricious

capricious- adjective - characterized by or liable to sudden unpredictable changes in attitude or behaviour; impulsive; fickle

- caprice, capriciousness- noun

-from French, Italian capriccio- capo- head +riccio- hedgehog, suggesting a convulsive shudder of a hedgehog's spines

In the fullness of their revelry, they fluttered, chirping and frolicking, from bush to bush, and tree to tree, capricious from the very profusion and variety around them.

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