caprice

Meaning

  1. An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
  2. A brief romance.
  3. An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
  4. A disposition to be impulsive.
  5. A capriccio.

Frequency

27k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kəˈpɹiːs/
Etymology

Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio and chevron. Ultimately from Latin caper (“goat”).

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