Part 1624

<h1>Capricioso</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pri*cio"so</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[It.]</ety> <fld>(Mus)</fld> <def>In a free, fantastic style.</def>

<h1>Caprice</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*price"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>caprice</ets>, It. <ets>capriccio</ets>, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. <ets>caper</ets>, <ets>capra</ets>, goat. Cf <er>Capriole</er>, <er>Cab</er>, <er>Caper</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.</def> "<i>Caprices</i> of appetite."

<i>W. Irving.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>See <er>Capriccio</er>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.</syn>

<h1>Capricious</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Ca*pri"cious</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>capricleux</ets>, It. <ets>capriccioso</ets>.]</ety> <def>Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.</def> "<i>Capricious</i> poet." <i>Shak</i>. "<i>Capricious</i> humor." <i>Hugh Miller</i>.

<blockquote>A <b>capricious</b> partiality to the Romish practices. <i>Hallam.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary.</syn>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ca*pri"cious*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ca*pri"cious*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Capricorn</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"ri*corn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>capricornus</ets>; <ets>caper</ets> goat + <ets>cornu</ets> horn: cf. F. <ets>capricorne</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See <er>Tropic</er>.</def>

<blockquote>The sun was entered into <b>Capricorn</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.</def>

<cs><col>Capricorn beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any beetle of the family <spn>Carambucid\'91</spn>; one of the long-horned beetles. The larv\'91 usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shurbs and are often destructive. See <er>Girdler</er>, <er>Pruner</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Caprid</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"rid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caper</ets>, <ets>capra</ets>, goat.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus <spn>Capra</spn>, is the type.</def>

<h1>Caprification</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"ri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caprificatio</ets>, fr. <ets>caprificare</ets> to ripen figs by caprification, fr. <ets>caprificus</ets> the wild fig; <ets>caper</ets> goat + <ets>ficus</ets> fig.]</ety> <def>The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.</def>

<note>&hand; It is supposed that the little insects insure fertilization by carrying the pollen from the male flowers near the opening of the fig down to the female flowers, and also accelerate ripening the fruit by puncturing it. The practice has existed since ancient times, but its benefit has been disputed.</note>

<h1>Caprifole</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"ri*fole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caper</ets> goat + <ets>folium</ets> leaf.]</ety> <def>The woodbine or honeysuckle.</def>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Caprifoliaceous</h1> <Xpage=214>

<hw>Cap"ri*fo`li*a`ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (<spn>Caprifoliac\'91</spn>.</def>

<h1>Capriform</h1> <Xpage=214>