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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-589/
- Published: 2021-09-09T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-22T19:14:18.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

The word for today is…

capricious (adjective) –

governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive, unpredictable

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capricious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The noun caprice, which first appeared in English in the mid-17th century, is a synonym of whim. Evidence shows that the adjective capricious debuted about sixty years before caprice; it’s likely, however, that both words derived via French from the Italian capriccio, which originally referred not to a sudden desire but to a sudden shudder of fear. Capriccio in turn derives from the Italian capo, meaning “head,” and riccio, the word for “hedgehog.” Someone who shuddered in fear, therefore, was said to have a “hedgehog head”-meaning that his or her hair stood on end like the spines of a hedgehog.

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