English

Noun

capriccio

1. A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
2. A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.

Translations

type of painting

• Italian: capriccio#Italian|capriccio

piece of music

• Italian: capriccio#Italian|capriccio

Quotations

; painting

• 2005 : Above the drawing-room fireplace there was a painting by Guardi, a capriccio of Venice in a gilt rococo frame [...]. - w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Line of Beauty|The Line of Beauty, (Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback, 5)

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Italian

Noun

{{it-noun|capricc|m|io|i}}

1. whim, fancy, caprice, quirk
2. tantrum
3. (music, painting) capriccio#English|capriccio

Synonyms

• (tantrum) bizza

Related terms

• capriccioso
• incapricciarsi

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