Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capriole

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: capri-ole
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

noun

A leap or caper, as in dancing.

verb

To leap; to caper.

Intransitive verb

verb

To cause (one's mounted horse) to perform a capriole.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"With lofty turns and caprioles."
"When Dandy Dinmont, after executing two or three caprioles, and cutting the Highland-fling, by way of ridicule of his wife's anxiety, at last deigned to sit down, and commit his round, black, shaggy bullet of a head to her inspection."
"Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting."

Etymology

Borrowed from French capriole, from Italian capriola.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: capriole, capriola

Usage

Inflected Forms

caprioles (plural) caprioles (present, singular) caprioling (participle, present) caprioled (participle, past) caprioled (past)

Synonyms

caper

Questions

What does capriole mean?: A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
Where does capriole come from?: It is traced to French.

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