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in·con·stant

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–adjective

not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.

[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME inconstaunt < L inconstant- (s. of inconstāns) changeable. See in-³, constant

]

—Related forms

in·con·stan·cy, noun

in·con·stant·ly, adverb

—Synonyms moody, capricious, vacillating, wavering; undependable, unstable, unsettled, uncertain; mutable, mercurial, volatile. See fickle.

—Antonyms steady.

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in·con·stan·cy Audio Help (ĭn-kŏn'stən-sē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. in·con·stan·cies

inconstancy
noun
1.	unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous [syn: faithlessness]
2.	the quality of being changeable and variable [ant: constancy]

Inconstancy

In*con"stance\, n. [F. See Inconstancy.] Inconstancy. --Chaucer.

Inconstancy

In*con"stan*cy\, n. [L. inconstantia.] The quality or state of being inconstant; want of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness.

For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than lightness and inconstancie in love. --Spenser.