Caprice Definition

kə-prēs
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noun
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A disposition to be impulsive.
Wiktionary
A sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim.
Webster's New World
A capricious quality or nature.
Webster's New World
A sudden, unpredictable action or change.
The caprices of the wind.
American Heritage
A capriccio.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Caprice

Noun

Singular:
caprice
Plural:
caprices

Origin of Caprice

  • French from Italian capriccio from caporiccio fright, sudden start (orginally, “head with the hair standing on end (resembling a hedgehog)”, but later influenced by capra goat, because of goats' frisky movements) capo head (from Latin caput kaput- in Indo-European roots) riccio curly (from Latin ēricius hedgehog) (from ēr)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”): capo (“head”), from Latin caput + riccio (“curly”), from Latin ericius (“hedgehog”), or from Italian capro (“goat”)

    From Wiktionary

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