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caprice
[ kuh-prees ]
noun
- a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness:
With the caprice of a despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty.
- Music. capriccio ( def 1 ).
caprice
/ kəˈpriːs /
noun
- a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim
- a tendency to such changes
- another word for capriccio
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caprice1
C17: from French, from Italian capriccio a shiver, caprice, from capo head + riccio hedgehog, suggesting a convulsive shudder in which the hair stood on end like a hedgehog's spines; meaning also influenced by Italian capra goat, by folk etymology
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Example Sentences
Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.
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He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
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The entertainment upon such occasions, may vary with the taste of the hostess, or the caprice of her guests.
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Now and then, from caprice, one was liberated; but the innocent and the guilty fell alike.
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All this gave him hope, and he knew, that when caprice permitted, she would be unrivalled as a companion.
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