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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
wheelShak.
Syn. – Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fickle
FICK'LE
,Adj.
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.