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FICKLE
erratic, fickle, mercurial, quicksilver
(adjective) liable to sudden unpredictable change; “erratic behavior”; “fickle weather”; “mercurial twists of temperament”; “a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next”
fickle, volatile
(adjective) marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments; “fickle friends”; “a flirt’s volatile affections”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Fickle (plural Fickles)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Fickle is the 32900th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 697 individuals. Fickle is most common among White (96.56%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Fickel
Etymology 1
Adjective
fickle (comparative fickler or more fickle, superlative ficklest or most fickle)
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
(figurative) Changeable.
Etymology 2
Verb
fickle (third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled)
(transitive) To deceive, flatter.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
Anagrams
• Fickel
Source: Wiktionary
Fic"kle, a. Etym: [OE. fikel untrustworthy, deceitful, AS. ficol, fr. fic, gefic, fraud, deceit; cf. facen deceit, OS. f, OHG. feichan, Icel. feikn portent. Cf. Fidget.]
Definition: Not fixed or firm; liable to change; unstable; of a changeable mind; not firm in opinion or purpose; inconstant; capricious; as, Fortune's fickle wheel. Shak. They know how fickle common lovers are. Dryden.
Syn.
– Wavering; irresolute; unsettled; vacillating; unstable; inconsonant; unsteady; variable; mutable; changeful; capricious; veering; shifting.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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