caprice
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caprice¹
- /kəˈpɹiːs/
Rhymes with -iːs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio.
noun caprices
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An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
Though more thoughtful than Madame de Mercœur, yet it asked far more knowledge of society—that wilderness of small intricacies—for her to penetrate into the motives of those who seemed so suddenly struck with her fascination; but she was too clear-headed to be deceived, and set it all down under one
Similar: whim
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A brief romance.
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that a caprice lasts a little longer.
Similar: fling
- An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes. After that we cast off all allegiance to immediate, tangible, and time-touched things, and entered a fantastic world of hushed unreality in which the narrow, ribbon-like road rose and fell and curved with an almost sentient and purposeful caprice amidst the tenantless green peaks and half-deserted v
- A disposition to be impulsive. Yet, Britain, vvhence this Caprice of thy Sons, / VVhich thro' their various ranks vvith fury runs? / The cauſe is plain, a cauſe vvhich vve muſt bleſs; / For Caprice is the Daughter of Succeſs, […]
- A capriccio.
Caprice²
proper noun
- A female given name.
Translations
Every language
noun impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action
| Español | capricho |
|---|---|
| Português | capricho |
| Français | caprice |
| Deutsch | Laune |
| Română | capriciu |
| Русский | капри́з kapríz |
noun impulsive change of mind
| 中文 | 隨想 /随想 suíxiǎng |
|---|
noun disposition to be impulsive
| Română | impulsivitate |
|---|---|
| Русский | своенравие svojenravije |
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