capriccio

Meanings

Plural: capricci, capriccios

Noun

• an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
• A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper (from same etymology, see below); a gambol; a prank, a trick.
• A fantastical thing or work.
• A type of Renaissance landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual and often fictional setting.
• A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.

Synonyms

boutade, caper, capriccio, caprice, conceit, crotchet, curvet, delirament, fancy, fangle, figary, flisk, freak, gag, gambade, high jinks, kink, lark, maggot, marlock, megrim, monkeyshine, practical joke, prank, prat, rag, reak, shenanigan, spleen, toy, trick, vagary, whim, whim-wham, whimsy, windup

Related Words

a capriccio, capriccietto