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caprice

[ kuh-prees ]

noun

  1. a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.

    Synonyms: fancy, whim, notion, vagary

  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.



caprice

/ kəˈpriːs /

noun

  1. a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim
  2. a tendency to such changes
  3. another word for capriccio
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of caprice1

First recorded in 1660–70; from French, from Italian; capriccio
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Word History and Origins

Origin of caprice1

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
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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.

From Slate

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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