Capriccio \Ca*pric"cio\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t"ch[-o]), n. [It. See
Caprice.]
1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions
from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
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2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Caprice \Ca*price"\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]s"), n. [F. caprice, It.
capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr.
L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.]
1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action,
proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
"Caprices of appetite." --W. Irving.
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2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.
Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
fickleness.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
caprice
n : a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn: impulse,
whim]
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "caprice":
arbitrariness, bee, boutade, capriccio, capriciousness,
carelessness, characteristic, conceit, contrariety, crank,
crankiness, crotchet, crotchetiness, divertissement, fancifulness,
fancy, fantasia, fantasticality, foible, freak, freakishness,
habit, heedlessness, humor, humoresque, humorsomeness,
inconsiderateness, inconsideration, inconsistency, maggot,
mannerism, medley, megrim, mood, moodiness, motivelessness, notion,
peculiarity, perversity, petulance, potpourri, quirkiness, romance,
romanza, temper, temperamentalness, thoughtlessness, trait, trick,
unthoughtfulness, vagary, vein, whim, whimsicality, whimsicalness,
whimsy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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