Dictionary Entry
An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion.
Origin
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Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “caprice”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And hails far Summer with his lifted spear.
The gorse-field dark, by sudden, gold caprice,
Turns, here and there, into a Jason's fleece;
Read full poem →To what, then, may we attribute the passing away of interest and
enthusiasm? To the caprice of fashion, to an insistence on a more
faultless _technique_, to a nicer taste in ethical sentiment, to a
Read full poem →Must watch the wild vicissitudes of Taste;
With every meteor of Caprice must play,
And chase the new-blown bubbles of the day. 50
Read full poem →Blazing a moment and then sunk in night?
Caprice which rais'd thee high shall hurl thee low,
Or Envy blast the laurels on thy brow.
Read full poem →blame on any thing rather than his own want of
attraction : the caprice of the world ; the influ-
ence of party 5 the hatred of rivals ; all conspire
Read full poem →Must watch the wild vicissitudes of Taste;
With every meteor of Caprice must play,
And chase the new-blown bubbles of the day. 50