Caprice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Caprice	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Caprice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caprice n a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn: caprice, impulse, whim]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caprice \Caprice"\, n. [F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice* (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf {Capriole}, {Cab}, {Caper}, v. i.] 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. [bd]Caprices of appetite.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. (Mus.) See {Capriccio}. Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.