Synonyms for inconstant


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-kon-stuhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈkɒn stənt

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Définition of inconstant

Origin :
  • c.1400, "fickle, not steadfast," from Middle French inconstant (late 14c.), from Latin inconstantem (nominative inconstans) "changeable, fickle, capricious," from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + constantem (see constant). Related: Inconstantly.
  • adj changeable
Example sentences :
  • I hope, Fanny, you are not inconstant; I assure you he deserves much better of you.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 » by Henry Fielding
  • Some are warm, but volatile and inconstant; he was warm too, but steady and unchangeable.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • They bloom together, they wither together; not one of them is inconstant.
  • Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
  • Does he seem so light and inconstant that he needs some discipline?
  • Extract from : « Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 » by Charles H. Sylvester
  • Violet would no more allow me to be supplanted than Percy could be inconstant.'
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • But his mind was of a peculiar cast, and his temper most inconstant.
  • Extract from : « Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery » by Robert Means Lawrence
  • You represented a divinity, beautiful, disdainful, inconstant.
  • Extract from : « Ten Years Later » by Alexandre Dumas, Pere
  • First, I say, the history of miracle is of inconstant power.
  • Extract from : « On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by John Ruskin
  • I would not believe the Fair Geraldine inconstant, though all hell told me so.
  • Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • The Persians are fickle and inconstant, lovers of everything new and foreign.
  • Extract from : « An Egyptian Princess, Complete » by Georg Ebers
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