caprice

[ca·price]

On a whim, he sold everything and left the city for the beautiful wilderness of Alaska, but his act of caprice felt a lot less whimsical when he realized how freezing cold Alaska is.

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An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

Noun
a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"


v. i.
An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

v. i.
See Capriccio.


Caprice

Ca*price" , 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. 2. (Mus.) See Capriccio. Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.

An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

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Usage Examples

Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.

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