Definitions for capriccios

capriccios ca·pric·ci·o

Spelling: [kuh-pree-chee-oh; Italian kah-pr<
IPA: /kəˈpri tʃiˌoʊ; Italian kɑˈprit tʃɔ/

Capriccios is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in capriccios (accciioprs).

Definitions for capriccios

noun

  1. Music. a composition in a free, irregular style.
  2. a caper; prank.
  3. a whim; caprice.

adverb

  1. at whatever tempo or with whatever expression the performer wishes.

Origin of capriccios

1595-1605; Italian, perhaps a shortening of caporiccio head with bristling hair

Examples for capriccios

“capriccio in B-flat on the departure of a friend,” said he, continuing his noiseless evolutions.

capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo .

I worked at my capriccio all summer and finished it at the end of September.

A capriccio on the German flute, by a distinguished amateur, who has lost four fingers and a thumb.

With this capriccio Sinfonica Puccini made his first mark as a rising composer.

A Sonata Brilliant and a capriccio are among her best works.

I devoted most of 1929 to the composition of my capriccio, which I had begun the Christmas before.

Ad libitum means at liberty; a piacere, at pleasure; and a capriccio, at the caprice (of the performer).

The capriccio, my latest composition, was already in demand in various towns.

He trembled lest he should have been the plaything of a whim, for he had heard what a capriccio might mean in an Italian.

Word Value for capriccios
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