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caprice
[ kuh-prees ]
noun
- a sudden, unpredictable change, as of one's mind or the weather.
Synonyms: , , ,
- a tendency to change one's mind without apparent or adequate motive; whimsicality; capriciousness:
With the caprice of a despotic king, he alternated between kindness and cruelty.
- Music. capriccio ( def 1 ).
caprice
/ 办蓹藞辫谤颈藧蝉 /
noun
- a sudden or unpredictable change of attitude, behaviour, etc; whim
- a tendency to such changes
- another word for capriccio
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of caprice1
Example Sentences
There are plenty of times you don't want to be exposed to the individual prejudices and caprices of human beings.
She relished the indomitable nature of our quirks and caprices, their capacity to survive even egregious catastrophe.
鈥淢arie-Jeanne became a way to think about the private Fanon,鈥 Shatz said, 鈥渉is vanity and contradictions, his caprice and his warmth. I felt that through her I could offer a more humane portrait.鈥
They鈥檙e long accustomed to caprices of Mother Nature that can spoil an entire alfalfa cutting with a downpour or generate an especially big yield with a string of blistering days.
It told the BBC that COP presidents are "expected to act without bias, prejudice, favouritism, caprice, self-interest, preference or deference, strictly based on sound, independent and fair judgement".
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