girouetten.

/ʒirwɛt/

Etymology: < French girouette, obscurely connected with gire-r < Latin gȳrāre to revolve. Italian has giroetta from French.

A weather-cock. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > wind-vane or weather-cock

cock?a1300

weathercocka1300

fanec1386

vane1425

fan?a1500

thane1570

weather-flag1611

eagle-cock1694

girella1720

weathervane1721

dogvane1769

weather-fane1773

girouette1822

wind-vane1858

pendant1860

wind-cock1920

1822 tr. L. Simond Switzerland I. 323 You might as well pretend to stigmatize Talma or Mademoiselle Mars, with the name of girouettes, for not acting every night the same part, as our French politicians and philosophers, for changing sides and principles from day to day.

1831 J. Jekyll Let. 18 July in Corr. (1894) 274 He is no ordinary girouette.

1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 232 However nicely the weather-cock may be poised..some breeze must breathe..to make the girouette spin round.

Derivatives

girouettism n. [Compare French girouetterie.] constant changing of opinions or principles.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun]

unsteadfastnessa1300

falsenessc1330

unstablenessc1380

varyingc1380

inconstancec1386

variance1390

geriness1412

instabilityc1422

changeability?a1425

mutabilitya1425

changec1425

changeableness1447

unconstancec1449

unstabilitya1470

mutableness1481

unsureness1481

instableness1483

variation1509

inconstancy1526

shittleness1530

fickleness1548

unconstancy1548

unconstantness1551

inconstantness?a1562

pliableness1562

fast and loose1575

volubility1603

levity1604

unconstability1611

flexibleness1623

vagrancy1642

self-inconsistency1655

inconsistency1665

flittingnessa1680

easiness1705

inconsistence1713

versatility1755

contrariety1762

vibration1785

changefulness1791

girouettism1825

pirouettism1839

weathercockism1843

pirouettiveness1844

volatileness1849

unfixity1856

ficklety1888

1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 109 Girouettism is the natural vice of revolutionary times and political consistency the rarest..of virtues.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	girouette
释义	girouetten. /ʒirwɛt/ Etymology: < French girouette, obscurely connected with gire-r < Latin gȳrāre to revolve. Italian has giroetta from French. A weather-cock. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > meteorological instruments > [noun] > wind-vane or weather-cock cock?a1300 weathercocka1300 fanec1386 vane1425 fan?a1500 thane1570 weather-flag1611 eagle-cock1694 girella1720 weathervane1721 dogvane1769 weather-fane1773 girouette1822 wind-vane1858 pendant1860 wind-cock1920 1822 tr. L. Simond Switzerland I. 323 You might as well pretend to stigmatize Talma or Mademoiselle Mars, with the name of girouettes, for not acting every night the same part, as our French politicians and philosophers, for changing sides and principles from day to day. 1831 J. Jekyll Let. 18 July in Corr. (1894) 274 He is no ordinary girouette. 1857 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. II. 232 However nicely the weather-cock may be poised..some breeze must breathe..to make the girouette spin round. Derivatives girouettism n. [Compare French girouetterie.] constant changing of opinions or principles. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] unsteadfastnessa1300 falsenessc1330 unstablenessc1380 varyingc1380 inconstancec1386 variance1390 geriness1412 instabilityc1422 changeability?a1425 mutabilitya1425 changec1425 changeableness1447 unconstancec1449 unstabilitya1470 mutableness1481 unsureness1481 instableness1483 variation1509 inconstancy1526 shittleness1530 fickleness1548 unconstancy1548 unconstantness1551 inconstantness?a1562 pliableness1562 fast and loose1575 volubility1603 levity1604 unconstability1611 flexibleness1623 vagrancy1642 self-inconsistency1655 inconsistency1665 flittingnessa1680 easiness1705 inconsistence1713 versatility1755 contrariety1762 vibration1785 changefulness1791 girouettism1825 pirouettism1839 weathercockism1843 pirouettiveness1844 volatileness1849 unfixity1856 ficklety1888 1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 109 Girouettism is the natural vice of revolutionary times and political consistency the rarest..of virtues. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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