caprice

Roget category 608

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition

#608. Caprice

noun

caprice, fancy, humor — whim, whimsy, whimsey^†, whimwham^† — crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, boutade [Fr.], wild-goose chase — capriciousness etc. adj. — kink.

verb

be capricious etc. adj. — have a maggot in the brain — take it into one's head, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel — blow hot and cold — play fast and loose, play fantastic tricks — tourner casaque [Fr.].

adjective

capricious — erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical — full of whims etc. n. — maggoty — inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky [U.S.], particular, humorsome^†, freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward — contrary — captious — arbitrary — unconformable etc. 83 — penny wise and pound foolish — fickle etc. (irresolute) 605 — frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile.

adverb

by fits and starts, without rhyme or reason.

phrase

nil fuit unquain sic inipar sibi [Lat.] — the deuce is in him.

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