caprice
ca.price \k*-'pre-s\ n [F, fr. It capriccio, lit., head with hair standing
on end, shudder, fr.]capo head (fr. L caput) + riccio hedgehog, fr. L
ericius 1: a sudden unpredictable turn or change; esp : WHIM 2: a
disposition to change one's mind impulsively 3: CAPRICCIO mean an
irrational or fanciful notion. CAPRICE emphasizes lack of evident
motivation and suggests willfulness; FREAK suggests an impulsive, causeless
change of mind; WHIM stresses the unaccountability or quaintness of a
notion or desire; VAGARY suggests the erratic, extravagant, or
irresponsible character of a notion or impulse, CROTCHET implies a
perversely heretical or eccentric preference esp. on a trivial matter SYN
syn CAPRICE, FREAK, WHIM, VAGARY, CROTCHET