Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inconstant"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inconstant \In*con"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant.
See {In-} not, and {Constant}.]
Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of
character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose,
etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; --
said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or
friendship. ``The inconstant moon.'' --Shak.

While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as
the shadows we survey! --Boyse.

Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable;
changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inconstant
adj : likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent
reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an
inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant
moon"- Shakespeare [ant: {constant}]


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