capriccio
noun
a composition in a free, irregular style.
capriccios
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pluralof capriccio.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Others he retrofitted into capriccios of the multifaith city, whose inhabitants worshiped a collection of Babylonian, Phoenician and Greek gods.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2017
Between are alternately dreamy and lively capriccios by both; all is played with style, flair and velvety touch by Mr. Wosner, given spirited support by Mr. Collon and the Danes.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2016
Mr. Rose was at his most varied and flexible in the Fantasy Pieces, in which his assertive renderings of the outgoing capriccios were offset by graceful, richly detailed playing in the more subtle intermezzos.
From New York Times ● Jul. 18, 2011
She liked white-pickled fauteuils and Indian miniatures, 17th century drawings of uncertain authorship, 19th century Chinese blue-and-white pots, theater prints, architectural capriccios, Victorian mahogany and squishy ecru upholstery.
From Time Magazine Archive
We think that he has more definiteness and roundness of general conception than the late Mr. Keats, and is much more free from blemishes of diction and hasty capriccios of fancy....
From Tennyson and His Friends by Various
