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Capric [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.

Caprice [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A sudden start of the mind; a sudden change of opinion, or humor; a whim, freak, or particular fancy.

Caprice [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

2. See Capriccio.

Capricioso [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In a free, fantastic style.

Capricious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Freakish; whimsical; apt to change opinions suddenly, or to start from ones purpose; unsteady; changeable; fickle; fanciful; subject to change or irregularity; as a man of a capricious temper.

Capricious [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.

Capriciously [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a capricious manner; whimsically.

Capriciousness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The quality of being led by caprice; whimsicalness; unsteadiness of purpose or opinion.

2. Unsteadiness; liableness to sudden changes; as the capriciousness of fortune.

Capricorn [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One of the twelve signs of the zodiac, the winter solstice; represented on ancient monuments, by the figure of a goat, or a figure having the fore part like a goat and the hind part like a fish.

Capricorn [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

2. A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.