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Webster 1913 Edition


Fickle

Fic′kle

,
Adj.
[OE.
fikel
untrustworthy, deceitful, AS.
ficol
, fr.
fic
,
gefic
, fraud, deceit; cf.
fācen
deceit, OS.
f[GREEK]kn
, OHG.
feichan
, Icel.
feikn
portent. Cf.
Fidget
.]
Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious;
as, Fortune’s
fickle
wheel
.
Shak.
Syn. – Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.

Webster 1828 Edition


Fickle

FICK'LE

,
Adj.
[L. vacillo; Gr.; Heb. to stagger.]
1.
Wavering; inconstant; unstable; of a changeable mind; irresolute; not firm in opinion or purpose; capricious.
They know how fickle common lovers are.
2.
Not fixed or firm; liable to change or vicissitude; as a fickle state.