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   ‖Capriccio , n. [It. See Caprice.]
   (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
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   A caprice; a freak; a fancy.
   Shak.
   
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   Caprice , n. [F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.]
   An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. “Caprices of appetite.”  
   W. Irving.
   
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   (Mus.) See Capriccio.
   Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.
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