caper

/ˈkeɪpə/KAY-pur

/ˈkeɪpɚ/KAY-pur

Meaningto leap like a goat

Common meaning: a playful leap

capa goatLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 287 · scan
eragent ending: one who

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin caper ‘a goat’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry caper, p. 287 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry CAPER, p. 92 · dictionary scan

Roots

caper, capra Latin “a goat”

Related words

capricious capriole

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