caprice

caprice
    n 1: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse" [syn:
         {caprice}, {impulse}, {whim}]
    

Capriccio \Ca*pric"cio\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]t"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}.
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   2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. --Shak.
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Caprice \Ca*price"\ (k[.a]*pr[=e]s"), 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.
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   2. (Mus.) See {Capriccio}.

   Syn: Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey;
        fickleness.
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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