inconstant
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Adjective (1)
- likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable“inconstant affections”“an inconstant lover”“swear not by … the inconstant moon — Shakespeare”Opposite constantSimilar fickle, mutable, falseRelates to constancy, stabilitySee also changeable, unfaithful, unstable, variable, volatile
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
In·con′stant adjective
Origin: 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.” William Shakespeare
While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as the shadows we survey!— Samuel Boyse
Synonyms: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54