caprice (noun)

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• caprice — ► NOUN ▪ a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour. ORIGIN French, from Italian capriccio head with the hair standing on end , later sudden start …   English terms dictionary

• caprice — noun Etymology: French, from Italian capriccio caprice, shudder, perhaps from capo head (from Latin caput) + riccio hedgehog, from Latin ericius more at head, urchin Date: 1667 1. a. a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• caprice — noun 1) his wife s caprices Syn: whim, whimsy, vagary, fancy, fad, quirk, eccentricity, foible 2) the staff tired of his caprice Syn: fickleness, changeableness, volatility, capricio …   Thesaurus of popular words

• caprice — noun /kəˈpɹis/ a) An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action. b) An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes. See Also: capricious …   Wiktionary

• caprice — noun 1 (C, U) a sudden and unreasonable change of mind or behaviour: the caprices of a spoilt child 2 (U) the tendency to change your mind suddenly or behave in an unexpected way …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• caprice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fancy, humor (See changeableness). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whim, vagary, notion, fancy, impulse, eccentricity, crotchet, quirk, freak, whimsy, humor, maggot, megrim, capriciousness, fancifulness,… …   English dictionary for students

• caprice — [17] Etymologically, caprice means ‘hedgehog head’. It comes, via French caprice, from an Italian noun capriccio, formed from capo ‘head’ (from Latin caput) and riccio ‘hedgehog’ (from Latin ericeus, source of English urchin). Originally this… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• caprice — UK [kəˈpriːs] / US [kəˈprɪs] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms caprice : singular caprice plural caprices a sudden and unexpected change of opinion or behaviour without any good reason …   English dictionary

• caprice — [17] Etymologically, caprice means ‘hedgehog head’. It comes, via French caprice, from an Italian noun capriccio, formed from capo ‘head’ (from Latin caput) and riccio ‘hedgehog’ (from Latin ericeus, source of English urchin). Originally this… …   Word origins

• caprice — ca|price [ kə pris ] noun count or uncount a sudden and unexpected change of opinion or behavior without any good reason: WHIM …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• caprice — [kə pri:s] noun 1》 a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour. 2》 Music another term for capriccio. Origin C17: from Fr., from Ital. capriccio …   English new terms dictionary