Thursday, August 31, 2006

Words: caper, capriole

NOUN: 1. A playful leap or hop. 2. A frivolous escapade or prank. 3. Slang An illegal plot or enterprise, especially one involving theft.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: ca·pered, ca·per·ing, ca·pers
To leap or frisk about; frolic.
ETYMOLOGY: Alteration of capriole.

NOUN: 1. An upward leap made by a trained horse without going forward and with a backward kick of the hind legs at the height of the leap. 2. A playful leap or jump; a caper.
INTRANSITIVE VERB: Inflected forms: cap·ri·oled, cap·ri·ol·ing, cap·ri·oles
To perform a capriole.
ETYMOLOGY: French, from Italian capriola, somersault, from capriolo, roebuck, wild goat, from Latin capreolus, diminutive of caper, capr-, goat.

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