caprice

Meanings

1. An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
2. A brief romance.
3. An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
4. A disposition to be impulsive.
5. A capriccio.

1. A female given name.

Etymology

Etymology tree 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.