caprice
a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
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.
Music. capriccio (def. 1).
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How to use caprice in a sentence
It makes you realize how insignificant we humans are, how little our designs count compared with the caprices of nature.
Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterHe was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe entertainment upon such occasions, may vary with the taste of the hostess, or the caprice of her guests.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyNow and then, from caprice, one was liberated; but the innocent and the guilty fell alike.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. Abbott
All this gave him hope, and he knew, that when caprice permitted, she would be unrivalled as a companion.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for caprice
/ (kəˈpriːs) /
a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim
a tendency to such changes
another word for capriccio
Origin of caprice
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