a sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behaviour (心情,行为)突然且莫名的改变;任性 her caprices had made his life impossible. 她的任性令他无法生活。 [mass noun]a land where men were ruled by law and not by caprice. 一个人们受法律而非任性统治的地方。
(Music). another term for capriccid (乐)。 同 capriccio
语源
mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian (see capriccio)