Caprice

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Capriccio \Ca*pric"cio\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t"ch[-o]), n. [It. See
     {Caprice}.]
     1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions
        from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called {caprice}.
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     2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caprice \Ca*price"\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]s"), n. [F. caprice, It.
     capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr.
     L. caper, capra, goat. Cf {Capriole}, {Cab}, {Caper}, v. i.]
     1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action,
        proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
        "Caprices of appetite." --W. Irving.
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     2. (Mus.) See {Capriccio}.
  
     Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
          fickleness.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caprice
       n : a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn: {impulse},
            {whim}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "caprice":
     arbitrariness, bee, boutade, capriccio, capriciousness,
     carelessness, characteristic, conceit, contrariety, crank,
     crankiness, crotchet, crotchetiness, divertissement, fancifulness,
     fancy, fantasia, fantasticality, foible, freak, freakishness,
     habit, heedlessness, humor, humoresque, humorsomeness,
     inconsiderateness, inconsideration, inconsistency, maggot,
     mannerism, medley, megrim, mood, moodiness, motivelessness, notion,
     peculiarity, perversity, petulance, potpourri, quirkiness, romance,
     romanza, temper, temperamentalness, thoughtlessness, trait, trick,
     unthoughtfulness, vagary, vein, whim, whimsicality, whimsicalness,
     whimsy