[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

capriccio \capric"cio\ k.apr=et"ch-o, n. it. see
   caprice.
   1. mus. a piece in a free form, with frequent digressions
      from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
      1913 webster

   2. a caprice; a freak; a fancy. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
caprice caprice 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

caprice \caprice"\ k.apr=es", n. f. caprice, it.
   capriccio, caprice perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap, fr.
   l. caper, capra, goat. cf capriole, cab, caper, v. i.
   1. an abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action,
      proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
      "caprices of appetite." --w. irving.
      1913 webster

   2. mus. see capriccio.

   syn: freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
        fickleness.
        1913 webster
see also:
capriole cab caper capriccio 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

caprice
     n : a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" syn: impulse,
          whim
see also:
impulse whim 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

56 moby thesaurus words for "caprice":
   arbitrariness, bee, boutade, capriccio, capriciousness,
   carelessness, characteristic, conceit, contrariety, crank,
   crankiness, crotchet, crotchetiness, divertissement, fancifulness,
   fancy, fantasia, fantasticality, foible, freak, freakishness,
   habit, heedlessness, humor, humoresque, humorsomeness,
   inconsiderateness, inconsideration, inconsistency, maggot,
   mannerism, medley, megrim, mood, moodiness, motivelessness, notion,
   peculiarity, perversity, petulance, potpourri, quirkiness, romance,
   romanza, temper, temperamentalness, thoughtlessness, trait, trick,
   unthoughtfulness, vagary, vein, whim, whimsicality, whimsicalness,
   whimsy

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