capriccio.
A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick.
Meaning & usage
A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick.
A fantastical thing or work.
A type of Renaissance landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual and often fictional setting.
A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput Proto-Italic *kaput Latin caput Vulgar Latin capus Old Italian capo Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗrder. Latin ērīcius Old Italian riccio Old Italian caporiccio Italian capricciobor. English capriccio Borrowed from Italian capriccio. Doublet of caprice.
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