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capriceca‧price /kəˈpriːs/ noun capriceOrigin: 1600-1700 French, Italian capriccio ‘head with hair standing straight up, shudder’, from capo ‘head’ + riccio ‘hedgehog’ - the caprices of a spoiled child
- As with many other puzzles, the caprices of politics have reinforced the legacy of history.
- Human caprice crumbles before this necessity; there can be no human autonomy in the face of technical autonomy.
- If he was to be a martyr to this strange woman's caprices, then so be it.
- It is a cacophony of caprice and color.
- One day the King in a fit of caprice, sent a message to Kabir to come and sing before him.
- She emanated worldliness and the self-confidence of one who is indifferent to everything but her own needs and caprices.
- They drank the rage or the lust or the caprice of mortals whose souls returned to dissolve in this sea of energy.
- They know their son, and are more or less resigned to his caprices, but they know his consistencies, too.
1[countable, uncountable] a sudden and unreasonable change of mind or behaviour: the caprices of a spoilt child2[uncountable] the tendency to change your mind suddenly or behave in an unexpected way |