caprice: [17] Etymologically, caprice means ‘hedgehog-head’. It comes, via French caprice, from an Italian noun capriccio, formed from capo ‘head’ (from Latin caput) and riccio ‘hedgehog’ (from Latin ericeus, source of English urchin). Originally this meant ‘horror, shuddering’, the reference being to the hair of a terror-stricken person standing on end. The word’s present-day meaning ‘whim, fickleness’ seems to be partly due to association with Italian capra ‘goat’, from the animal’s frisky behaviour. => urchin
caprice (n.)
"sudden change of mind," 1660s, from French caprice "whim" (16c.), from Italian capriccio "whim," originally "a shivering," possibly from capro "goat," with reference to frisking, from Latin capreolus "wild goat" (see cab). But another theory connects the Italian word with capo "head" + riccio "curl, frizzled," literally "hedgehog" (from Latin ericius). The notion in this case would be of the hair standing on end in horror, hence the person shivering in fear.
例文
1. Don 't act on caprice .Study your problem.
わがままを言ってはいけない、自分の問題を研究してみて。
2.He acted not from reason,but from caprice .
彼は理性ではなく幻想で行動している。
3.Her refusal to go to the party is a mere caprice .
彼女が宴会に参加することを拒否したのはまったく理由のない突発的な行為だった。
4.I have suffered a martyrdom from their incompetency and caprice .
彼らの無能さとわがままさに苦しめられている。
5.With a sudden caprice of the wind，the boat was turned over.