English edit

Etymology edit

capricious +‎ -ness

Noun edit

capriciousness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being capricious.
    • 1827, Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, Rationale of Judicial Evidence, Specially Applied to English Practice:
      To employ always the same witnesses, he would excite speculation, and expose himself to the imputation of fickleness or capriciousness.