Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason;
variable;
- Example: "inconstant affections"- Example: "an inconstant lover"- Example: "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inconstant \In*con"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant.
See In- not, and Constant.]
Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of
character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose,
etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; --
said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or
friendship. "The inconstant moon." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
While we, inquiring phantoms of a day,
Inconstant as the shadows we survey! --Boyse.
Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable;
changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inconstant
adj 1: likely to change frequently often without apparent or
cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an
inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"-
Shakespeare [ant: constant]