caprice.
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
Meaning & usage
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
A brief romance.
An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
A disposition to be impulsive.
A capriccio.
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. French capricebor. English caprice Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio.
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