Caprice

  • 21Caprice — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Caprice >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 caprice caprice fancy humor Sgm: N 1 whim whim whimsey whimwham Sgm: N 1 crotchet crotchet capriccio quirk freak maggot …

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  • 22caprice — noun Etymology: French, from Italian capriccio caprice, shudder, perhaps from capo head (from Latin caput) + riccio hedgehog, from Latin ericius more at head, urchin Date: 1667 1. a. a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 23caprice — 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… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Caprice — ◆ Ca|pri|ce 〈[ sə] f. 19〉 = Kaprice [frz., „Laune, launischer Einfall“] ◆ Die Buchstabenfolge ca|pr... kann in Fremdwörtern auch cap|r... getrennt werden. * * * Ca|p|ri|ce [ka pri:sə], die; , n [frz. caprice = Laune]: franz. Form von ↑ Capriccio …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 25caprice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fancy, humor (See changeableness). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. whim, vagary, notion, fancy, impulse, eccentricity, crotchet, quirk, freak, whimsy, humor, maggot, megrim, capriciousness, fancifulness,… …

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  • 26caprice — [17] Etymologically, caprice means ‘hedgehog head’. It comes, via French caprice, from an Italian noun capriccio, formed from capo ‘head’ (from Latin caput) and riccio ‘hedgehog’ (from Latin ericeus, source of English urchin). Originally this… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27caprice — UK [kəˈpriːs] / US [kəˈprɪs] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms caprice : singular caprice plural caprices a sudden and unexpected change of opinion or behaviour without any good reason …

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  • 28caprice — nm., envie subite ; (qqf.), idée bizarre, petite folie, gâterie, bizarrerie : byanna nf. (Albanais.001, Saxel.002), R. => Colère ; kaprisso nm. (001,002), kapricho (001) ; fantazi <fantaisie> nf. (002), fantozi (001) ; gônye nfpl.,… …

    Dictionnaire Français-Savoyard

  • 29caprice — caprici, caprice m. caprice; lubie. voir ramanhòu, rat, refolèri, tinteina …

    Diccionari Personau e Evolutiu

  • 30caprice — [17] Etymologically, caprice means ‘hedgehog head’. It comes, via French caprice, from an Italian noun capriccio, formed from capo ‘head’ (from Latin caput) and riccio ‘hedgehog’ (from Latin ericeus, source of English urchin). Originally this… …

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