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caprice
[ kuh-prees ]
noun
- 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 ).
caprice
/ kəˈpriːs /
noun
- a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim
- a tendency to such changes
- another word for capriccio
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of caprice1
Example Sentences
His production credits include the films “Night Catches Us,” “Blue Caprice” and “Mother of George” and plays “Hughie,” “The Gin Game” and the all-black Broadway production of “A Streetcar Named Desire,” among others.
Trump, of course, is Big Boy Caprice, with the ill-fitting suits and eccentric hair.
Other new names announced Thursday are defensive intern Rob Caprice, assistant offensive line coach Brendan Nugent and offensive assistant/quality control-offensive line coach Quinshon Odom.
Caprice spent the past three years at the University of Tennessee as a defensive graduate assistant.
“Marie-Jeanne became a way to think about the private Fanon,” Shatz said, “his vanity and contradictions, his caprice and his warmth. I felt that through her I could offer a more humane portrait.”
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