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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•price /kəˈpris/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a sudden, unpredictable change.
- [uncountable] a tendency to change one's mind without motive.
ca•pri•cious /kəˈprɪʃəs/USA pronunciation adj. ca•pri•cious•ly, adv. ca•pri•cious•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•price (kə prēs′),USA pronunciation n. - a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
- a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive;
whimsicality;
capriciousness:With the caprice of a despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty. - Music and Dancecapriccio (def. 1).
- Italian; see capriccio
- French
- 1660–70
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vagary, notion, whim, fancy.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ca•pri•cious (kə prish′əs, -prē′shəs),USA pronunciation adj. - subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim;
erratic:He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react. - [Obs.]fanciful or witty.
- Italian capriccioso capriccioso
- 1585–95
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged variable, flighty, mercurial. See fickle.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged steady, constant, consistent.
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