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Definition: Caprice |
CapriceNoun1. A sudden desire; "he bought it on impulse". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Caprice" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "on impulse". |
Date "caprice" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1385. (references) |
Etymology: Caprice \Ca*price"\, noun. [French expression caprice, Italian capriccio, caprice (perh. originally fantastical goat leap), from the Latin expression caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, intransitive verb.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CapriceSynonyms: impulse (n), vagary (n), whim (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence of Motive | Noun: absence of motive, aimlessness; caprice; chance; (absence of design). |
Adverb: out of mere caprice. | |
Caprice | Noun: caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy, whimsey, whimwham; crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, boutade, wild-goose chase; capriciousness; Adjective: kink. |
Irresolution | Noun: irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination; unsettlement; uncertainty; demur, suspense; hesitating; Verb:, hesitation, hesitancy; vacillation; changeableness; fluctuation; alternation; (oscillation); caprice. |
Unskillfulness | Begin at the wrong end; do things by halves; (not complete); make two bites of a cherry; play at cross purposes; strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; (caprice); put the cart before the horse; lock the stable door when the horse is stolen; (too late). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Caprice |
| English words defined with "caprice": arbitrariness, arbitrary ♦ Boutade ♦ capriciousness, Cariccio ♦ flightiness ♦ Out of humor ♦ To father on ♦ Whim shaft, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "caprice": Chandelier ♦ Mandana, Misnomers ♦ Walk through One's Part. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "caprice": Cariccio. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Caprice" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (caprice, fancy, freak, quirk, vagary, whim, whimsy). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Isle of Caprice (1969) Le 13ème caprice (1967) Caprice (1967) Un caprice de Caroline chérie (1953) Caprice de princesse (1933) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Author | Quotation |
Oscar Wilde | The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It uses it at its caprice, it takes from it by chance, and contents itself often, when the necessity arises, with summarily and grossly distorting it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The imperfections of his mind run parallel with those of his body, being a composition of spleen, dullness, ignorance, caprice, sensuality and pride. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Business | While the majority of car rental companies and taxicab firms operate and/or lease Japanese and South Korean vehicles, there has been a gradual shift toward the latest model of the Chevrolet Caprice. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Caprice" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.87% of the time. "Caprice" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60.87% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Noun (proper) | 30.43% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 8.7% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 23 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "caprice" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Caprice | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,432 |
| Caprice | Last name | 100 | 87,034 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Caprice" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "on impulse". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Caprice." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Capricia | Female | N/A | Caprice |
| Caprice | Female | Italian | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expression using "caprice": ad out of mere caprice. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
caprice | 849 | caprice chevy picture | 23 |
caprice bourret | 642 | chevy caprice part | 21 |
chevy caprice | 252 | chevy caprice for sale | 20 |
chevrolet caprice | 199 | caprice hotel | 20 |
caprice classic | 97 | caprice model | 20 |
caprice bourett | 51 | caprice for sale | 19 |
chevrolet caprice classic | 44 | caprice custom | 18 |
caprice bourret nude | 44 | caprice bourret gallery | 18 |
caprice nude | 38 | caprice bourret wallpaper | 18 |
classic chevy caprice | 37 | caprice car | 17 |
caprice part | 34 | 1991 chevy caprice | 17 |
caprice bouret | 33 | caprice picture | 17 |
caprice bourret pic | 33 | 1966 caprice chevrolet | 16 |
caprice bourette | 31 | caprice bourrett | 14 |
caprice ss | 30 | 66 caprice | 14 |
caprice wagon | 28 | body caprice kit | 14 |
caprice pic | 27 | 1966 caprice | 14 |
caprice 9c1 | 24 | 87 caprice | 13 |
caprice theater | 23 | 1989 caprice chevy | 13 |
caprice bourret picture | 23 | caprice low rider | 13 |
1977 caprice chevrolet | 13 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "caprice"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | trill (crotchet, device, deviltry, fad, fancy, fantasy, freak, kink, phantasy, vagary, wantonness, whim, whimsy), tekë (fancy, freak, kink, vagary, whim, whimsy), teka (fancy, whim), kapriçio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ميل إلى التقلب في الرأي, هوى مفاجئ, نزوة (crank, fancy, fantasy, freak, heat, maggot, phantasy, quirk, vagary, whim, whimsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | капричио, каприз (crank, fad, fancy, fit, freak, maggot, megrim, quirk, vagary, vagrancy, whimsy, whim-wham), прищявка (crotchet, fad, fizgig, kink, maggot, megrim, vagary, whim, whimsy, whim-wham). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 反复 常 (Capricious). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rozmar (fantasy, freak, megrim, vagary, whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | nuk (whim), kuur (cure, treatment, whim), gril (whim), bui (whim), bevlieging (whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | kaprico (whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | innskot (whim), heilaspuni (fantasy, whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هوس (Fancy, Gee, Heartthrob, Libido, Lust, Scape, Whim, Whimsy), تمایل فکری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | oikku (whim, whin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | caprice. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | laune (fancy, frame, freak, humor, humour, mood, quirk, spirit, sulkiness, temper, vagary, vein, whim, whimsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καπρίτσιο (fancy, whim, whimsy), ιδιοτροπία (crankiness, crotchetiness, faddiness, fancy, freak, kink, maggot, moodiness, quirk, singularity, tetchiness, vagary, whim, whimsicalness, whimsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תעלול (antic, caper, hoax, machination, mischief, practical joke, prank, quip, rag, trick, whim), ש'יון (fancy, fixed idea, foible, idee fixe, whim), קפריס" (foible, kink, vagary, whim), 'חמ" (vagary, whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szeszély (fancy, fantasy, fit, kink, maggot, tantrum, whim, whimsy), hóbort (craze, eccentricity, fad, vagary, whim, whimsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | canda (freak, gag, tic, vagary, whim), tingkah (freak, vagary), seloroh (freak, gag, tic, vagary, whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | capriccio (device, fad, fancy, freak, kink, maggot, mood, sulkiness, vagary, whim, whimsy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 浮薄 (cold-heartedness, fickle, frivolous, insincere). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たわむれ (flirtation, fun, jest, joke, play, sport), きまぐれ (fickle, moody, uneven temper, whim, whimsy), ふはく (cold-heartedness, fickle, frivolous, insincere). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 변덕 (Whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | teaym (attack, bout, bout of sickness, fad, fit, mood, notion, seizure, spasm, swoon, vagary, whim), skelim (freak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | lune (freak, quirk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | capricho (whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | apricecay fantasia (chimera, crotchet, doss, dream, fable, fairytale, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, freak, idea, illusion, imagination, invention, legend, maggot, moonshine, phantasmagoria, phantasy, reverie, unreality, vagary, vapor, vapour, whim, whimsical), capricho (crank, craze, crotchet, faddiness, freak, gambade, humor, humour, maggot, vagary, whim, whimsical, whimsy). (various references) capriciu (crotchet, fad, fancy, freak, notion, quirk, whim, whimsy), toanã (crotchet, fancy, freak, humor, humour, vagary, whim, whimsy), moft (crotchet, fad, trifle). (various references) каприччио, каприз (fancy, fit, freak, vagary, wantonness, whim, whimsey, whimsy), причуда (antics, crank, fad, foible, freak, kink, maggot, vagary, whimsy). (various references) kapric (quirk, whim), hir (whimsy), ćef (quirk, whim). (various references) capricho (capriccio, craze, fancy, fantasy, freak, humor, humour, mood, notion, obstinacy, phantasy, quirk, sulkiness, vagary, waywardness, whim, whimsey, whimsy). (various references) nyck (crotchet, fad, fancy, freak, humor, humour, quirk, vagary, whim, whimsicality, whimsy), kapris (caper, capers, whim). (various references) kaprislilik (capriciousness), kapris (fancy, fit, freak, kink, vagary, waywardness, whim, whimsey, whimsy), kapriçyo, geçici heves, değişken istek. (various references) каприз (whimsey, whimsy), норовливість (contrariness), несталість (changeability, fickleness, impermanence, inconstancy, mutability, versatility), непостійність (changeability, fickleness, instability, volatility, whim), мінливість (changeability, inconsistency, inequality, mobility, mutability, mutation, uncertainty, variability, vicissitude), примха (buzz, fad, fancy, fantasy, freak, maggot, megrim, vagary, wantonness, whim, whimsey, whimsy). (various references) tính thất thường (capriciousness). (various references) mympwy (fad, whim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | libido. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | capriccio. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | caprice. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "caprice": caprices. (additional references) | |
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"Caprice" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apprnce, Cabrach, capice, capiche, capishe, cappice, caprece, Capree, Capreee, capricci, caprie, Caprile, caprock, carico, carige, carpace, Carricke, carucae, Carucci, Ciprico, cisparide, coprime, cutprice, Dafriche, Icaricia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "caprice" (pronounced kuprē"s) |
| 3 | -r ē" s | crease, decrease, grease, increase. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-p-r" | |
-1 letter: capric, icecap, ipecac. | |
-2 letters: areic, caper, carpi, cerci, ceria, ceric, circa, crape, cripe, erica, pacer, price, recap. | |
-3 letters: acre, aper, cape, care, carp, ceca, cire, crap, epic, pace, pair, pare, pear, peri, pica, pice, pier, race, rape, reap, rice, ripe. | |
-4 letters: ace, air, ape, arc, are, cap, car, cep, ear, era, ice, ire, pac. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-p-r" | |
+1 letter: caprices, practice. | |
+2 letters: accipiter, peccaries, practiced, practicer, practices, precocial. | |
+3 letters: accipiters, pancreatic, peacockier, practicers, precalculi, prevocalic, reciprocal. | |
+4 letters: accipitrine, discrepancy, hypercapnic, malpractice, narcoleptic, placekicker, practicable, preclinical, precritical, procephalic, reaccepting, reciprocals, reciprocate. | |
+5 letters: accipitrines, accomplisher, archetypical, archipelagic, cacographies, capercaillie, capercailzie, cataphoretic, chalcopyrite, conspiracies, epicuticular, malpractices, microcapsule, microcephaly, narcoleptics, necrophiliac, overcapacity, perspicacity, placekickers, plutocracies, precanceling, precipitance, precipitancy, preeclamptic, reciprocally, reciprocated, reciprocates, reciprocator, reoccupation, scenographic. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 61 70 72 69 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .- .--. .-. .. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01100001 01110000 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C a p r i c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0061 0070 0072 0069 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37678284756971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Names: Frequency 11. Names: Derived from 12. Expressions | 13. Expressions: Internet 14. Translations: Modern 15. Translations: Ancient 16. Derivations | 17. Rhymes 18. Anagrams 19. Orthography 20. Bibliography |
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