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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]

1. vagary, notion, whim, fancy.
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ca·price    Audio Help   (kə-prēs')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
  1. 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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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. 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
See also: capricious

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Caprice

Ca*ric"cio\, n. [It. See Caprice.]

1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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