capriccio

  1. Noun.  A sudden and unexpected or fantastic motion; a caper; a gambol; a prank, a trick.
  2. Noun.  A fantastical thing or work; a caprice.
  3. Noun.  A type of landscape painting that places particular works of architecture in an unusual setting.
  4. Noun.  A piece of music, usually fairly free in form and of a lively character.

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