Helen Fenton

Cariccio: Definition and part of speech

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Cariccio

  1. n. A caprice; a freak; a fancy.
  2. n. A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; — often called caprice.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caprice: Definition and part of speech

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Caprice

  1. v. i. See Capriccio.
  2. v. i. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Capricious: Definition and part of speech

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Capricious

  1. a. Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Capricorn: Definition and part of speech

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Capricorn

  1. n. A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
  2. n. The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caprid: Definition and part of speech

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Caprid

  1. a. Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Caprification: Definition and part of speech

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Caprification

  1. n. The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.