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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.	Music. capriccio (def. 1).

[Origin: 1660–70; < F < It; see capriccio

]

—Synonyms 1. vagary, notion, whim, fancy.

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n.

1. An impulsive change of mind.
2. An inclination to change one's mind impulsively.
3. A sudden, unpredictable action, change, or series of actions or changes: A hailstorm in July is a caprice of nature.
Music A capriccio.

[French, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio, fright, sudden start : capo, head (from Latin caput; see kaput- in Indo-European roots) + riccio, curly (from Latin ēricius, hedgehog, from ēr).]

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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. Capricious is first attested 1594.

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caprice
noun
a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"

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caprice1 [kəˈpriːs] noun

an especially unreasonable sudden change of mind etc; a whim
Example: I'm tired of the old man and his caprices.

Arabic:	نَزْوَةٌ، هَوى
Chinese (Simplified):	反复无常，突变
Chinese (Traditional):	反復無常，突變
Czech:	rozmar
Danish:	lunefuldt indfald; fiks ide
Dutch:	gril
Estonian:	kapriis
Finnish:	oikku
French:	caprice
German:	die Laune
Greek:	ιδιοτροπία
Hungarian:	szeszély
Icelandic:	duttlungur
Indonesian:	angin-anginan
Italian:	capriccio

Japanese:	気まぐれ
Korean:	변덕
Latvian:	kaprīze; untums
Lithuanian:	kaprizas, užgaida
Norwegian:	innfall, påfunn; lune
Polish:	kaprys
Portuguese (Brazil):	capricho
Portuguese (Portugal):	capricho
Romanian:	capriciu
Russian:	каприз
Slovak:	vrtoch
Slovenian:	muha
Spanish:	capricho, antojo
Swedish:	nyck, infall
Turkish:	kapris, maymun iştahlılık

caprice2 [kəˈpriːs] noun

a fanciful and lively piece of music etc

Arabic:	لَحْنٌ موسيقيٌّ مُخالِفٌ
Chinese (Simplified):	空想的艺术（尤指音乐）作品
Chinese (Traditional):	隨想曲，幻想曲
Czech:	capriccio
Danish:	let; livlig; capriccio
Dutch:	capriccio
Estonian:	kapritšo
Finnish:	kapriisi
French:	capriccio
German:	die Caprice
Greek:	καπρίτσιο (μουσ.)
Hungarian:	capriccio
Icelandic:	gletta, fjörlegt tónverk
Indonesian:	gembira
Italian:	capriccio

Japanese:	狂想曲
Korean:	광상곡
Latvian:	kapričo
Lithuanian:	kapričo
Norwegian:	capriccio, kaprise
Polish:	kaprys
Portuguese (Brazil):	capricho
Portuguese (Portugal):	capricho
Romanian:	capriciu
Russian:	каприччио
Slovak:	capriccio
Slovenian:	capriccio
Spanish:	capricho
Swedish:	cappricio, caprice
Turkish:	kapriçiyo, serbest bestelenmiş şen hafif müzik