Caprice
Pronunciation : Ca*price"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.]
Definition : 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.)
Defn: See Capriccio.
Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913