mutable
(adjective) tending to undergo genetic mutuation; “It is likely, too, that the chromosomes of all eubacteria are as mutable as that of E. coli”
mutable, changeable
(adjective) capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature; “a mutable substance”; “mutable weather patterns”; “a mutable foreign policy”
mutable
(adjective) prone to frequent change; inconstant; “the fickle and mutable nature of truth”; “the mutable ways of fortune”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mutable (comparative more mutable, superlative most mutable)
Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
(programming, of a variable) Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
• immutable
mutable (plural mutables)
Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.
• muteable
• atumble
Source: Wiktionary
Mu"ta*ble, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
