CAPRIOLE

noun Etymology: Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French ~, from Old Italian capriola, from capriolo roebuck, from Latin capreolus goat, roebuck, from capr-, caper he-goat; akin to Old English hæfer goat, Greek kapros wild boar Date: 1594 a playful leap ; caper , a vertical leap with a backward kick of the hind legs at the height of the leap, ~ intransitive verb