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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 ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caprice1
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Example Sentences
It makes you realize how insignificant we humans are, how little our designs count compared with the caprices of nature.
Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.
He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
The entertainment upon such occasions, may vary with the taste of the hostess, or the caprice of her guests.
Now and then, from caprice, one was liberated; but the innocent and the guilty fell alike.
All this gave him hope, and he knew, that when caprice permitted, she would be unrivalled as a companion.
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