capriccio
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
capriccio (plural capriccios)
- A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick.
- A fantastical thing or work; a caprice.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
- 2005 : Above the drawing-room fireplace there was a painting by Guardi, a capriccio of Venice in a gilt rococo frame [...]. - Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, 5)
- A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
Translations [edit]
References [edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
capriccio m (plural capricci)
Synonyms [edit]
- (tantrum) bizza
