caprice
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notionAn impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
» I can't keep up with your caprices.
Meaning
5 sensesAn impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
Laune
капри́зkapríz
A brief romance.
An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
A disposition to be impulsive.
своенравиеsvojenravije
A capriccio.
- a sudden desire
Examples
4 sentencesI can't keep up with your caprices.
It was simply caprice that led them to shoplift.
The whole country was subject to the caprices of a madman.
I'm not sure whether this is some new caprice or a permanent commitment.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden staBorrowed from French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”). Doublet of capriccio.
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