Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH,
Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H, and
Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid), C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capriccio

‖n. [ It. See Caprice. ] 1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capriccioso

‖a. [ It. ] (Mus) In a free, fantastic style. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caprice

n. [ F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i. ] 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. “Caprices of appetite.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.

Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capricious

a. [ Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso. ] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. “Capricious poet.” Shak. “Capricious humor.” Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.

Syn. -- Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary.

-- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. -- Ca*pri"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capricorn

n. [ L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne. ] 1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sun was entered into Capricorn. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capricorn beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family Carambucidæ; one of the long-horned beetles. The larvæ usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shrubs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner. [ 1913 Webster ]

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capric acid

(n) a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats, Syn. decanoic acid

capriccio

(n) an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation

caprice

(n) a sudden desire, Syn. impulse, whim, Example:he bought it on an impulse

capricious

(adj) changeable, Syn. freakish, Example:a capricious summer breeze; freakish weather

capricious

(adj) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason, Syn. whimsical, impulsive, Example:a capricious refusal; authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious; the victim of whimsical persecutions

capriciously

(adv) unpredictably, Syn. freakishly, Example:the weather has been freakishly variable

capriciously

(adv) in a capricious manner, Example:there were Turk's head lilies and patches of iris , islands of brilliant blue set capriciously in the green sea

capriciousness

(n) the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses, Syn. unpredictability

capricorn

(n) (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn, Syn. Goat

capricorn

(n) the tenth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about December 22 to January 19, Syn. Goat, Capricorn the Goat

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