† unconstancyn.
Obsolete.
1. = inconstancy n. 1.
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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
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Instabilitas, vnconstancie, instabilitee.
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie i. 2 Because he saw the lightnes and unconstancy of the people.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. G1 We see..the leuitie and vnconstancie of mens iudgements. View more context for this quotation
1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox ii. 45 The thoughts of them..who are not Reeds of the Desart in unconstancy, but Pillars of the Temple of Stability.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles xxviii. 335 The scandalous Unconstancy of the Councils of those Ages.
2. = inconstancy n. 2.In quot. 1563: uncertainty.
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the world > time > change > changeableness > [noun]
unstablenessc1340
varyingc1380
uncertaintyc1384
brotelnessc1386
were1390
instabilityc1422
bricklenessa1425
changeability?a1425
changeableness1447
vertibility1447
mutability?a1475
variableness?a1475
inconstance1509
mutationa1542
fickleness1548
variety1548
unconstancy1563
mobility1567
unstability1572
vicissitude1576
variousness1607
inconstancy1613
slipperinessa1618
alterableness1633
versatilousness1640
bottomlessness1642
lability1651
brittlety1652
versatileness1654
fluctuancy1659
fugitivenessa1661
alterability1661
permutability1662
unfixedness1668
mutablenessa1677
flittingnessa1680
frailness1687
flittiness1692
versability1721
plasticity1727
variability1771
unestablishment1776
fluctuabilitya1786
changefulness1791
unsettledness1799
versatility1802
harlequinism1808
fluidity1824
fitfulness1825
sensitiveness1825
insubstantiality1848
contingency1858
rootlessness1859
shiftingness1866
ficklety1888
variancy1888
impredicability1906
proteanism1909
1563 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 213 I..knowing the constantie of Death & ye vnconstantie of ye houre & time.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xi. 185 The vnmoouable decree of his euerlasting Prouidence, which..directeth all the vnconstancies of this world to one certeyne end.
1627 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 485 The Frame of other States are subject, some to Unconstancy, some to Faction..and to many Distempers.
1650 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (1662) i. vii. 95 But there is none of this unconstancy, nor mixtures in Heaven.
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