fickle-minded

fickle-minded
/fik"euhl muyn"did/, adj.
(of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant.
[1590-1600]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • fickle-minded — /fik euhl muyn did/, adj. (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant. [1590 1600] …   Useful english dictionary

  • fickle — adj 1. capricious, whimsical, fanciful, flighty, giddy, dizzy, frivolous, facetious; changeable, variable, mutable, moody, unpredictable, unaccountable; volatile, mercurial, quicksilver; impulsive, impetuous, erratic, spasmodic, fitful, irregular …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • fickle — c.1200, probably from O.E. ficol deceitful, cunning, tricky, related to befician deceive, and to facen deceit, treachery. Common Germanic (Cf. O.S. fekan deceit, O.H.G. feihhan deceit, fraud, treachery ), from PIE *peig evil minded, treacherous,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • fickle — inconstant, unstable, capricious, mercurial Analogous words: Changeable, changeful, variable, protean: *fitful, spasmodic: light, light minded, frivolous, flighty, volatile (see corresponding nouns at LIGHTNESS) Antonyms: constant, *true… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • fickle — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, agnostic, alternating, ambiguous, ambitendent, ambivalent, amorphous, at loose ends, brittle, capricious, chancy, changeable, changeful, coquettish, corruptible, deciduous, derelict, desultory, deviable …   Moby Thesaurus

  • weak-minded — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. moronic, idiotic, imbecilic, feebleminded; brainless, foolish, witless, empty headed, vacuous; vacillating, irresolute, fickle. See ignorance, doubt. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. foolish, moronic,… …   English dictionary for students

  • double-minded — a. Unsettled, undetermined, undecided, changeable, fickle, vacillating, wavering …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …   Universalium

  • Kanyasulkam — is a Telugu play written by Gurazada Apparao in 1892. It is one of the earliest modern works in an Indian vernacular language, and it is the first Telugu play to deal with social issues. The play portrays the practice of Kanya sulkam (roughly… …   Wikipedia

  • Deities of Philippine mythology — The deities of Philippine mythology are the gods, goddesses and diwatas worshiped by ancient Filipinos before the Christianization of the natives after the Spanish conquest of the Philippines. While not as widely known as its European and Asian …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”