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An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

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  1. v. i. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
  2. v. i. See Capriccio.
  3. n. a sudden desire
  4. 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. "Caprices of appetite." W. Irving. 2. (Mus.) See Capriccio. Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.