Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caprice"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caprice
n : a sudden desire; "he bought it on impulse" [syn: {impulse},
{vagary}, {whim}]
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