fickle

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective marked by erratic changeableness in affections or attachments
  2. adjective liable to sudden unpredictable change

Etymology

From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. More at fike.

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Synonyms

volatile

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