Literary notes about Caper (AI summary)
In literature, “caper” is a remarkably versatile term that spans both physical action and culinary reference. Writers often employ it as a verb to describe lively, frolicsome movement—characters dance, skip, or caper with exuberance and mischief, heightening the playfulness or energy of a scene [1, 2, 3]. At the same time, “caper” appears as a noun in cooking contexts, designating a tangy, pickled ingredient that adds a distinct flavor to sauces and dishes [4, 5, 6]. Moreover, its use even extends into grammatical discussions and whimsical name choices, demonstrating a broad and creative range of applications in literary discourse [7, 8].
- So he pulled my rope, and made me dance and caper until the spectators ached with laughter.
— from The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction - As children caper when they wake, Merry that it is morn, My flowers from a hundred cribs Will peep, and prance again.
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson - And then he rode away, throwing his lance in the air, catching it, and making his horse caper and prance, to the admiration of all beholders.
— from Burlesques by William Makepeace Thackeray - The greengrocer and his wife then arranged upon the table a boiled leg of mutton, hot, with caper sauce, turnips, and potatoes.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - This is a very delicious sauce, and can be served with Jerusalem artichokes boiled whole, fried eggs , &c. Caper Sauce .—Make
— from Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery A Manual of Cheap and Wholesome Diet by A. G. (Arthur Gay) Payne - Roast partridges, bread sauce, and gravy; slices of mutton warmed in caper sauce; vegetables.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton - caperem , caperēs , caperet caperēmus , caperētis , caperent IMPERATIVE MOOD.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - 'To think,' soliloquized Caper, 'to think of what a bootless thing it is, to shoe-black o'er an elephant!' ROMAN MODELS.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 by Various
