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Webster 1913 Edition
Caprice
Ca-price′
(kȧ-prēs′)
, Noun.
1.
An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
“Caprices of appetite.” W. Irving.
Syn. – Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.
Webster 1828 Edition
Caprice
CAPRICE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
caprice
caprice
English
Noun
caprice (plural caprices)
- An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action.
- An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
- A disposition to be impulsive.
- An impulsive change of mind.
- (music) A capriccio.
Related terms
Translations
impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action
unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes
disposition to be impulsive
capriccio
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kapʁis/
Noun
caprice m (plural caprices)
- whim; wish
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné
- Pas malade ! en effet, je suis jeune, sain et fort. Le sang coule librement dans mes veines ; tous mes membres obéissent à tous mes caprices
- Not ill! Indeed, I am young, healthy and strong. Blood flows freely in my veins; all my parts obey my every wish.
- Pas malade ! en effet, je suis jeune, sain et fort. Le sang coule librement dans mes veines ; tous mes membres obéissent à tous mes caprices
- 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné
- tantrum