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FICKLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Liable to sudden unpredictable change
Example:
a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next
Synonyms:
erratic; fickle; mercurial; quicksilver
Classified under:
Similar:
changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)
Derivation:
fickleness (unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
Example:
a flirt's volatile affections
Synonyms:
fickle; volatile
Classified under:
Similar:
inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)
Derivation:
fickleness (unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous)
