[noun] [literary] - (the tendency to have) a sudden and usually foolish desire to have or do something, or a sudden and foolish change of mind or behaviour; a whimThe $300 million palace was built to satisfy the caprice of one man. [U](figurative) The dam protects the region from Nature's caprices. [C]
CAPRICE
Meaning of CAPRICE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012