capriccio
(noun) an instrumental composition that doesn’t adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
capriccio (plural capriccios or capricci)
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 caprice.
A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.
• (a sudden motion): see prank
• (a fantastical thing): see whim
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*pric"cio, n. Etym: [It. See Caprice.]
1. (Mus.)
Definition: A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
