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Word Meanings - CAPRICE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

See FICKLENESS (more info) a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.

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See FICKLENESS (more info) a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. "Caprices of appetite." W. Irving.

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    A vitiated or morbid animal fluid, such as often causes an eruption on the skin. "A body full of humors." Sir W. Temple. 3. State of mind, whether habitual or temporary (as formerly supposed to depend on the character or combination of the fluids
  • PHANTASY
    See FANCY
  • MOONSHINER
    A person engaged in illicit distilling; -- so called because the work is largely done at night.
  • TRIFLE
    trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong
  • TEMPER SCREW
    1. A screw link, to which is attached the rope of a rope-drilling apparatus, for feeding and slightly turning the drill jar at each stroke. 2. A set screw used for adjusting.
  • CIPHER
    A character which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold. 2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence. Here he was a mere cipher. W. Irving. 3. A character
  • FANCYWORK
    Ornamental work with a needle or hook, as embroidery, crocheting, netting, etc.
  • HUMOROUSLY
    1. Capriciously; whimsically. We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy. 2. Facetiously; wittily.
  • FANCYMONGER
    A lovemonger; a whimsical lover. Shak.
  • COBWEB
    The European spotted flycatcher. Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl. Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed are
  • TEMPERER
    One who, or that which, tempers; specifically, a machine in which lime, cement, stone, etc., are mixed with water.
  • COBWEBBY
    Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.
  • CROTCHETED
    Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation. Harmar .
  • TRIFLER
    One who trifles. Waterland.
  • HUMORSOMENESS
    Quality of being humorsome.
  • TEMPERATURE
    Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated by the sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer; degree of heat or cold; as, the temperature of the air; high temperature; low temperature; temperature of freezing or
  • FANCY
    fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia, fr. Gr. bhato shine. Cf. 1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the
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    Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. Sir T. Browne.
  • HUMORIST
    One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors. 2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways. He . . . was a great humorist in all parts of his life. Addison. 3. One who displays
  • HUMORSOMELY
    Pleasantly; humorously.
  • GOOD-HUMORED
    Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.
  • UNFRAME
    To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
  • DISTEMPERATE
    1. Immoderate. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Diseased; disordered. Wodroephe.
  • ATTEMPER
    1. To reduce, modify, or moderate, by mixture; to temper; to regulate, as temperature. If sweet with bitter . . . were not attempered still. Trench. 2. To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice
  • DISTEMPERATURE
    1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. 2. Disorder; confusion. Shak. 3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures
  • DISFANCY
    To dislike.
  • UNTEMPERATE
    Intemperate.
  • ILL-TEMPERED
    1. Of bad temper; morose; crabbed; sour; peevish; fretful; quarrelsome. 2. Unhealthy; ill-conditioned. So ill-tempered I am grown, that I am afraid I shall catch cold, while all the world is afraid to melt away. Pepys.
  • INFANCY
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    The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature. The different contemperature of the elements. SDouth.
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    The act of deciphering.
  • MISTEMPER
    To temper ill; to disorder; as, to mistemper one's head. Warner. This inundation of mistempered humor. Shak.

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