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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
caprice
    n 1: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn:
         caprice, impulse, whim]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.

   Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
        fickleness.
        [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Caprice:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
arbitrariness, bee, boutade, capriccio, capriciousness, carelessness, characteristic, conceit, contrariety, crank, crankiness, crotchet, crotchetiness, divertissement, fancifulness, fancy, fantasia, fantasticality, foible, freak, freakishness, habit, heedlessness, humor, humoresque, humorsomeness, inconsiderateness, inconsideration, inconsistency, maggot, mannerism, medley, megrim, mood, moodiness, motivelessness, notion, peculiarity, perversity, petulance, potpourri, quirkiness, romance, romanza, temper, temperamentalness, thoughtlessness, trait, trick, unthoughtfulness, vagary, vein, whim, whimsicality, whimsicalness, whimsy
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