||Ca*pric*cio"so (k&adot;*prēt*chō"s&osl;), a. [It.] (Mus) In a free, fantastic style.
Ca*price" (k&adot;*prēs"), 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.