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Caprice \Ca*price"\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]s"), 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.
"Caprices of appetite." --W. Irving.
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2. (Mus.) See {Capriccio}.

Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
fickleness.
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Capriccio \Ca*pric"cio\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t"ch[-o]), n. [It. See
{Caprice}.]
1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions
from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called {caprice}.
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2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
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