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Capric

Five women's hairstyles with headgear from Berlin, in one frame, numbered one to five: 1. Caprice de Voltaire 2. Chapeau a la Hamlet 3. Colin gallant 4 & 5. Chaperon Lacedémonien. The print is part of the almanac Lauenbergers Genealogischen Kalendar für 1780.
Five women's hairstyles with headgear from Berlin, in one frame, numbered one to five: 1. Caprice de Voltaire 2. Chapeau a la Hamlet 3. Colin gallant 4 & 5. Chaperon Lacedémonien. The print is part of the almanac Lauenbergers Genealogischen Kalendar für 1780.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Capric
    (Chem) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. capric
    Of or pertaining to a goat. Also caprinic.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Capric
    kap′rik in Capric acid, a fatty acid obtained from butter, &c., having a slightly goat-like smell
Quotations
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Oscar Wilde
The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.
Oscar Wilde
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary L. caper, goat

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary L. caper, a goat.

Usage in the news

The smart money is betting on a civilian version of the V-8-powered, rwd Chevrolet Caprice PPV (pictured), which GM now imports for police fleets from its Holden unit in Australia. autonews.com

Spain's prolific Pedro Almodóvar leaves black comedy behind in his fabulous '50s-ish caprice, "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ". ashingtonpost.com

While a few Republican babies were thrown out with the bathwater of the 2008 Democratic courthouse landslide — Caprice Cosper, anyone. houstonpress.com

Police version of Chevy Caprice is roomy , fast. freep.com

Corrections officer Gerald Wethington, right, leads Caprice Fischer, from left, Mickey Fischer and Tiffany Jackson from the courtroom after their preliminary hearing Wednesday in Boyle District Court. southbendtribune.com

It fits many models of Chevy from 63-73, including Impala, Biscanyne, Bel Air, Caprice, Corvette, Chevelle, K30 Pickup, K20 Pickup/Suburban, K10 Pickup and Chevy II. hemmings.com

Swedish Jazz 1956-1959 Caprice Records. jazztimes.com

Indeed, despite being set during the 12 days of sanctioned mayhem following Christmas, the story feels more like a Valentine's Day romp—a celebration of the zeniths, nadirs, and caprices of affection. seattleweekly.com

Despite changes to the I-70 rest stop near Myersville, D Wayne Smith said he remembers where the Chevrolet Caprice was parked. herald-mail.com

The Chevrolet Caprice Police Patrol Vehicle is now being used by United States police. nzherald.co.nz

The formulation containing 3% of the emollient hydrated the skin 30% better, compared to a 15% for the olive oil formulation and 10% for the caprylic/capric triglyceride formulation. cosmeticsandtoiletries.com

The investigation comes after a man told police that a dark colored Chevrolet Caprice pulled up behind him Monday night along US Route 23, near Pennsylvania Avenue. 10tv.com

Like his shapely and sculptural Cast Aluminum and Caprice lines, Reeves said he strives to maintain a sense of poetry in all his creations. lvrj.com

RAM 's new console design for the Chevy Caprice is the solution officers. officer.com

The new model may account for the number of candidates who participated in the twelve debates in Iowa, and the liberality of caprice shown by Iowa Republicans in shifting favorites. nybooks.com

Usage in scientific papers

This material has been successfully used previously in the CAPRICE balloon experiment .
Experimental study of a proximity focusing Cherenkov counter prototype for the AMS experiment

The antiproton background flux as determined in , extrapolated for the energy range from 100 GeV to 1 TeV, is shown together with the data taken by the balloon-borne experiments BESS and CAPRICE .
High-energetic Cosmic Antiprotons from Kaluza-Klein Dark Matter

Usage in literature

Woman is regarded as only a plaything to gratify the animal caprice. "The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English" by R. V. Pierce

I was conscious that my happiness depended not on the revolutions of nature or the caprice of man. "Arthur Mervyn" by Charles Brockden Brown

It was not the caprice of a lover, it was the desire of a painter, the demand of an artist. "Woman Triumphant" by Vicente Blasco Ibañez

Arabella was rich and independent, and spoiled by over indulgence to her idle whims and caprices. "Continental Monthly , Vol IV, Issue VI, December 1863" by Various

And in Effect, she was so: She had as much Art, however, as Caprice. "Zadig" by Voltaire

His refusal had no doubt hardened a mere caprice into a strong desire. "The Way of Ambition" by Robert Hichens

Perhaps her parents might owe their deliverance to one of his arbitrary caprices. "Debit and Credit" by Gustav Freytag

The modern art of violin playing rests upon two works, the six sonatas of Bach for violin solo, and the Caprices of Paganini. "A Popular History of the Art of Music" by W. S. B. Mathews

Her army of servants set her commands at defiance, for they knew them to be the outgrowth of momentary caprice. "Rabbi and Priest" by Milton Goldsmith

Shamash does not work by caprice. "The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria" by Morris Jastrow

Usage in poetry
Who knows a woman's wild caprice?
'It played with Goethe's silvered hair,
And many a Holy Father's "niece"
Has softly smoothed the papal chair.
"Give us a tune," the foemen cried,
In one of their profane caprices;
I bade them "No"—they frowned, and, lo!
They dashed this innocent in pieces!
I feared the impulse soon would pass away,
Thy short caprice of sympathy be flown,
And I, who dreamed of bliss beyond my reach,
Be doubly orphaned, left again alone.
Love has the waywardness of strange caprice,
One can not chain it to a recreant heart,
Nor, when around the soul its tendrils twine,
Can will the clinging, silken bonds to part.
Shall the image of HIM I was born to adore,
Inshrin'd in my bosom my idol still prove?
Or seduced by caprice shall fine feeling no more,
With the incense of TRUTH gem the altar of LOVE?
What Nature makes in any mood
To me is warranted for good,
Though long before I learned to see
She did not set us moral theses,
And scorned to have her sweet caprices
Strait-waistcoated in you or me.