Ca-prĭc'cĭo1, n.
(ka-prĕt'cho), n. [It., freak, whim, caprice, q. v.] (Mus.) A loose, irregular species of composition in which the composer continually digresses from his subject. Moore.
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(ka-prĕt'cho), n. [It., freak, whim, caprice, q. v.] (Mus.) A loose, irregular species of composition in which the composer continually digresses from his subject. Moore.
n. [It. capriccio, q. v.] Freak; fancy. (Obs.) Shak.