caprice
[ kuh-prees ]
/ kəˈpris /
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).
Origin of caprice
1660–70; < French < Italian; see
capriccio
Words nearby caprice
capri pants,
capri-,
capric acid,
capriccio,
capriccioso,
caprice,
capricious,
capricorn,
capricornia,
capricornian,
capricornus
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British Dictionary definitions for caprice
caprice
/ (kəˈpriːs) /
noun
a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim
a tendency to such changes
another word for 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