Caprice
noun
A sudden change in behavior or mood that is unexpected.
John's decision to quit his job and travel around the world was seen as a perplexing caprice by his friends.
Often appears as...
- sudden caprice
- act of caprice
noun
A musical piece of full of unexpected twists and turns.
The maestro played the caprice with a lightness and swiftness that surprised the audience.
Often appears as...
- play a caprice
- write a caprice
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noun
A sudden change in behavior or mood that is unexpected.
John's decision to quit his job and travel around the world was seen as a perplexing caprice by his friends.
Often appears as...
- sudden caprice
- act of caprice
noun
A musical piece of full of unexpected twists and turns.
The maestro played the caprice with a lightness and swiftness that surprised the audience.
Often appears as...
- play a caprice
- write a caprice
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictability
Caprice highlights the surprising aspect of a behavior or decision.
Her caprice led her to buy a ticket to Paris on a whim.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Caprice doesn't always mean the action is bad, just spontaneous.
The billionaire's latest caprice was to fund a new art school.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Trait
Can refer to someone who often acts on caprice, seen as unpredictable.
His caprices made him an exciting friend.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictability
Caprice highlights the surprising aspect of a behavior or decision.
Her caprice led her to buy a ticket to Paris on a whim.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Caprice doesn't always mean the action is bad, just spontaneous.
The billionaire's latest caprice was to fund a new art school.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Trait
Can refer to someone who often acts on caprice, seen as unpredictable.
His caprices made him an exciting friend.
Pro Tip 1/3Unpredictability
Caprice highlights the surprising aspect of a behavior or decision.
Her caprice led her to buy a ticket to Paris on a whim.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Negative
Caprice doesn't always mean the action is bad, just spontaneous.
The billionaire's latest caprice was to fund a new art school.
Pro Tip 3/3Personality Trait
Can refer to someone who often acts on caprice, seen as unpredictable.
His caprices made him an exciting friend.
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Quote examples
Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness and caprice.
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John Lahr
American Critic
Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
In France, the people were the sport of a king's caprice. Everywhere was the shadow of the Bastille. It fell upon the sunniest field, upon the happiest home.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions.
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Max Eastman
American Author
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
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Stendhal
French Writer
She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
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Pedro Almodovar
Spanish Director
I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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Voltaire
French Writer
The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
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Marquis de Sade
French Novelist
Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
Quote examples
Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness and caprice.
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John Lahr
American Critic
Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
In France, the people were the sport of a king's caprice. Everywhere was the shadow of the Bastille. It fell upon the sunniest field, upon the happiest home.
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Hermann Ebbinghaus
German Psychologist
The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions.
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Max Eastman
American Author
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
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Stendhal
French Writer
She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
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Pedro Almodovar
Spanish Director
I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice.
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J. K. Rowling
English Author
Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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Voltaire
French Writer
The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
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