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    FICKLE

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Liable to sudden unpredictable changeplay

    Example:

    a quicksilver character, cool and willful at one moment, utterly fragile the next

    Synonyms:

    erratic; fickle; mercurial; quicksilver

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    changeable; changeful (such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change)

    Derivation:

    fickleness (unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachmentsplay

    Example:

    a flirt's volatile affections

    Synonyms:

    fickle; volatile

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    inconstant (likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable)

    Derivation:

    fickleness (unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous)

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