caprice

caprice

1. An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated notion or action.
2. An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
3. A disposition to be impulsive.
4. An impulsive change of mind.

Etymology

French, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio, meaning (fright, sudden start ): capo, head (from Latin caput) + riccio, curly (from Latin ericius (meaning hedgehog), or from capro “goat”.

See Also

capricious

On this day...

• Jeremiah 45:4-5 | Jeremiah - 2011
• Filling up and sharing the very suffering of Christ Himself - 2011
• Christianity is a secret which is revealed - 2011
• Canticle of Canticles - 2007
• A Dictionary of Christ and the Gospels - 2007
• homily - 2007
• Michael Psellus - 2007
• Cyprian - 2007
• Eusebius of Caesarea - 2007
• Jerome - 2007
• Cantata - 2007
• Origen - 2007
• Abraham ibn Ezra - 2007
• Akiba ben Joseph - 2007
• Gregory of Nyssa - 335 - 2007