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in·con·stant    Audio Help   [in-kon-stuhnt] Pronunciation Key
–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]

in·con·stan·cy, noun
in·con·stant·ly, adverb

moody, capricious, vacillating, wavering; undependable, unstable, unsettled, uncertain; mutable, mercurial, volatile. See fickle.
steady.
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in·con·stant    Audio Help   (ĭn-kŏn'stənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Changing or varying, especially often and without discernible pattern or reason.
  2. Fickle; faithless.

in·con'stant·ly adv.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
inconstant 
1402, "fickle, not steadfast," from M.Fr. inconstant, from L. inconstantem, from in- "not" + constantem (see constant).

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inconstant

adjective
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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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
inconstant [inˈkonstənt] adjective
(of people) having feelings, intentions etc which change frequently
Arabic: غَيْر ثابِت، مُتَقَلِّب
Chinese (Simplified): (人)反复无常的
Chinese (Traditional): (人)反復無常的
Czech: nestálý
Danish: svingende
Dutch: wisselvallig
Estonian: püsimatu
Finnish: häilyvä
French: inconstant
German: unbeständig
Greek: ασταθής, άστατος
Hungarian: állhatatlan
Icelandic: óstöðugur, breytilegur
Indonesian: mudah berubah
Italian: incostante
Japanese: 変わりやすい
Korean: 변덕스러운
Latvian: nepastāvīgs; mainīgs
Lithuanian: nepastovus
Norwegian: ustadig, labil, vankelmodig
Polish: niestały
Portuguese (Brazil): inconstante
Portuguese (Portugal): inconstante
Romanian: in­constant
Russian: изменчивый
Slovak: nestály
Slovenian: nestalen
Spanish: inconstante, voluble
Swedish: vankelmodig, ombytlig
Turkish: kararsız
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.
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