Caprice definition

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

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.

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(music) A capriccio.
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(music) A capriccio.
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An impulsive change of mind.
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An inclination to change one's mind impulsively.

Tyrants who rule by caprice.

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A sudden, unpredictable action or change.

The caprices of the wind.

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An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action.
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An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
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A disposition to be impulsive.
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An impulsive change of mind.
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A capricious quality or nature.
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A sudden, impulsive change in the way one thinks or acts; freakish notion; whim.
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caprice
Plural:
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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

Caprice Sentence Examples

  • And who is in greater error than he who follows his own caprice without guidance from Allah.

  • As generally understood, Duns makes caprice supreme in God.

  • His conduct was evidently regulated by strict principle and not by mere caprice.

  • These fluctuations were owing partly to the character of Louis XV., and partly also to the fact that society in the 18th century was too advanced in its ideas to submit without resistance to the caprice of such a man.

  • Examination of titles in the Prophets and the Psalms (to say nothing of Ecclesiastes and Wisdom of Solomon) makes it evident that these have been added by late editors who were governed by vague traditions or fanciful associations or caprice, and there is no reason to suppose the titles in Proverbs to be .exceptions to the general rule.

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