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The definition of a caprice is a sudden or impulsive change.

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A groom leaving a bride while standing at the altar is an example of a caprice action.
Snow falling in Los Angeles in the middle of the summer is an example of a caprice.

See caprice in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim
a capricious quality or nature
Music a capriccio

Origin: Fr < It capriccio, a shivering, whim < capo (< L caput, head) + riccio, curl, frizzled, lit., hedgehog (< L ericius: see urchin); hence, orig., head with bristling hair, horripilation; meaning infl. by assoc. with It capriola (see capriole) & capra < L capra, she-goat

See caprice in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. An impulsive change of mind.
b. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively.
c. A sudden, unpredictable action, change, or series of actions or changes: A hailstorm in July is a caprice of nature.
Music A capriccio.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Italian capriccio

Origin: , from caporiccio, fright, sudden start

Origin: : capo, head (from Latin caput; see kaput- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + riccio, curly (from Latin ēricius, hedgehog, from ēr)

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