caprice
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noun
1.
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
2.
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.
3.
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| —n , pl -priccios, -pricci, -prices | |
| music a lively piece composed freely and without adhering to the rules for any specific musical form | |
| [C17: from Italian: | |
| caprice or caprice (kəˈprɪtʃɪˌəʊ, -ˈpriːtʃɪ) | |
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Caprice
is always a great word to know.
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| caprice (kəˈpriːs) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim |
| 2. | a tendency to such changes |
| 3. | another word for capriccio |
| [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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Word Origin & History
caprice
1667, from Fr. caprice "whim," from It. capriccio "whim," orig. "a shivering," probably from capro "goat," with reference to frisking; but another theory connects the It. word with capo "head" + riccio "curl, frizzled," lit. "hedgehog," from L. ericius. The notion is of the hair standing on end in horror.
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Example sentences
Their only laws are made and unmade at the caprice of the legislature, and are as variable as the legislature itself.
I'd like that car in any color thats says, getting ahead of your fellow man - but boldly and with a sense of flamboyant caprice.
His depiction of the glory and caprice of the gods both balances his main characters' foibles and highlights their basic nobility.
There's a certain allure to caprice, when tempered with charm or diplomacy.
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