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capriccioso

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ca⋅pric⋅ci⋅o⋅so

  [kuh-pree-chee-oh-soh; It. kah-preet-chaw-saw]
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–adjective Music.
capricious; fantastic in style.
Origin:
< It, equiv. to capricci(o) caprice + -oso -ous
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ca·pric·cio·so   (kə-prē'chē-ō'sō, kä'prē-chō'sō)   
adj.   Music
Lively and free. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, from capriccio, caprice; see caprice.]
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