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Webster 1913 Edition

(kȧ-prēs′)

Noun.

[F.

caprice

, It.

capriccio

, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L.

caper

capra

, goat. Cf

Verb.

]

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.

Noun.

A sudden start of the mind; a sudden change of opinion, or humor; a whim, freak, or particular fancy.