Caprice, n.
Etymology: [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.
2. (Mus.)
See Capriccio.
Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for caprice; he lists it under fancy.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.