capriccio

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick.
    — She used to smile at my capriccios; and once she kissed me—actually.
  2. A fantastical thing or work.
    — Will this Capricio hold in thee, art ſure?
  3. A type of Renaissance landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual and often fictional setting.
    — Above the drawing-room fireplace there was a painting by Guardi, a capriccio of Venice in a gilt rococo frame […]
  4. A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
    — The friar and Matilda had often sung duets together, and had been accustomed to the baron’s chiming in with a stormy capriccio, which was usually charmed into silence by some sudden turn in the witching melodies of Matilda.

词形变化

capriccios plural capricci plural

词汇关系

相关词
a capriccio capriccietto

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kap-
Proto-Indo-European *káput
Proto-Italic *kaput
Latin caput
Vulgar Latin capus
Old Italian capo
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗrder.
Latin ērīcius
Old Italian riccio
Old Italian caporiccio
Italian capricciobor.
English capriccio
Borrowed from Italian capriccio. Doublet of caprice.
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