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Webster 1913 Edition

Mutable

Mu′ta-ble

,
Adj.
[L.
mutabilis
, fr.
mutare
to change. See
Move
.]
1.
Capable of alteration; subject to change; changeable in form, qualities, or nature.
Things of the most accidental and
mutable
nature.
South.
2.
Changeable; inconstant; unsettled; unstable; fickle.
“Most mutable wishes.”
Byron.
Syn. – Changeable; alterable; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; inconstant; variable; fickle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mutable

MU'TABLE

,
Adj.
[L. mutabilis, from muto, to change.]
1.
Subject to change; changeable; that may be altered in form, qualities or nature. Almost every thing we see on earth is mutable; substances are mutable in their form, and we all know by sad experience how mutable are the conditions of life.
2.
Inconstant; unsettled; unstable; susceptible of change. Our opinions and our purposes are mutable.

Definition 2024

mutable

mutable

English

Adjective

mutable ‎(comparative more mutable, superlative most mutable)

  1. Changeable; inclined to mutate.
  2. (programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.

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Homophones

French

Adjective

mutable m, f ‎(plural mutables)

  1. mutable, changeable
  2. (programming) mutable

Spanish

Adjective

mutable m, f ‎(plural mutables)

  1. mutable, changeable

Etymology

From Latin mutabilis ‎(“liable to change”); mutate +‎ -able.

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