单词 | capriccio |
释义 | capriccion. 1. A sudden sportive or fantastic motion; a prank, trick, caper. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] playeOE stirringa1400 laboura1530 exercisea1533 activity1542 motion1568 gymnastic1598 gymnastics1652 capriccio1665 grind1857 physical drill1873 ekker1891 physical jerks1917 daily dozen1918 workout1923 sexercise1942 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > capering > a caper gambol1509 gamond?a1513 frisco?1520 frisk1525 friscal1570 caprettie?1578 career1587 stotc1590 lavoltaa1592 caper1592 gambado1618 prance1648 capriccio1665 gambade1803 caper-cut1875 1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. b2v The shifts, windings, and unexpected Caprichios of distressed Nature. 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. v. 9 All the various Machins and Utensils would now and then play odd Pranks and Capricio's quite contrary to their proper Structures. 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy I. xxiii. 166 To have..view'd the soul stark naked;..watched her loose in her frisks, her gambols, her capricios. 1833 C. Lamb To Shade of Elliston in Last Ess. of Elia 31 Magnificent were thy capriccios on this globe of earth, Robert William Elliston! ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > a caprice or whim fantasya1450 wantonness1531 humour1533 worm?a1534 will1542 toy?1545 whey-worm1548 wild worm1548 freak1563 crotchet1573 fancy1579 whim-wham1580 whirligig1589 caper1592 megrim1593 spleen1594 kicksey-winsey1599 fegary1600 humorousness1604 curiosity1605 conundrum1607 whimsy1607 windmill1612 buzza1616 capriccioa1616 quirka1616 flama1625 maggota1625 fantasticality1631 capruch1634 gimcrack1639 whimseycado1654 caprich1656 excursion1662 frisk1665 caprice1673 fita1680 grub1681 fantasque1697 whim1697 frolic1711 flight1717 whigmaleery1730 vagary1753 maddock1787 kink1803 fizgig1824 fad1834 whimmery1837 fantod1839 brain crack1853 whimsy-whamsy1871 tic1896 tick1900 a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. iii. 290 Will this Caprichio hold in thee, art sure? View more context for this quotation ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 130 Sometimes (In quite oppos'de Capriccios) he climes The hardest Rocks.. 1680 W. de Britaine Humane Prudence xxvi. 85 The Capricio's of Fortune. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xvi. 338 A thousand odd Reasons, or Caprichios, Men's Minds are acted by. 1797 T. J. Mathias Pursuits of Lit.: Pt. IV 68 Another little capriccio of..the late Adam Smith. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. iv. 98 Folks who..partake of their fantastic capriccios. 3. a. A thing or work of fancy; = caprice n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > [noun] > product of chimera1587 brainbrat1630 brain-being1659 capriccio1678 whim1678 whimsy1712 caprice1721 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 142 The Former..looking upon the Plastick Life of Nature as a Figment or Phantastick Capritio. 1825 R. Heber Jrnl. 18 Jan. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xxi. 598 It is a mere capriccio, with no merit except its carving. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 390 These exquisite little capricci, engraved by Greek artists upon gems. b. Music. A name variously applied (see Grove s.v.) but usually denoting a composition of lively character, and more or less free in form. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > type of piece > [noun] > light or lively piece toy1584 air1597 capriccio1696 port1721 divertimento1823 humoresque1869 bagatelle1880 caprice1880 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Capriccio's are pieces of Music, Poetry, and Painting, wherein the force of Imagination has better success than observation of the Rules of Art. 1789 ‘P. Pindar’ Subj. for Painters 42 Still is that voice, of late so strong, That many a sweet Capriccio sung. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 155 This is not a prelude..but a capriccio to try a piano. 1882 Statham in Grove Dict. Music I. 225/1 His next published work, the ‘Capriccio in D minor’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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