English

Adjective

fickle ‎(comparative fickler or more fickle, superlative ficklest or most fickle)

1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
2. (figuratively) changeable
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)

     To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.‎

Derived terms

• fickleness
• fickly

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fikelen, from fikel ‎(“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen ‎(“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln ‎(“to deceive, flatter”).

Verb

fickle ‎(third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled)

1. (transitive) To deceive, flatter.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.