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Definitions for Caprice
[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) .
[4] a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim
[5] a tendency to such changes
[6] another word for capriccio
Words related to Caprice
whim, freak, crotchet, whimsy, fancy, peculiarity, rib, caper, humor, mood, vein, inconsistency, contrariety, jerk, quirk, perversity, impulse, gag, fad, vagary
Words nearby Caprice
capri pants, capri-, capric acid, capriccio, capriccioso, caprice, capricious, capricorn, capricornia, capricornian, capricornus
Origin of Caprice
1660–70; < French < Italian; see capriccio
Word origin for Caprice
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
Synonyms for Caprice
bee, caper, changeableness, contrariety, crotchet, fad, fancy, fickleness, fitfulness, freak, gag, humor, impulse, inconsistency, inconstancy, jerk, kink, mood, notion, peculiarity, perversity, quirk, rib, temper, thought, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy, fool notion, put on