capriole
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capriole
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Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.
noun caprioles
- A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
- A leap or caper, as in dancing. With lofty turns and caprioles.
verb caprioles · caprioling · caprioled
- To leap; to caper.
- To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole. Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting.
Talk about this word "capriole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/capriole. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. capriole. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/capriole "capriole." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/capriole.
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@misc{capriole_2026,
title = {capriole},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capriole},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
