Ca*price" (kȧ*prēs"), 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.