† unconstantadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1

Obsolete.

a. = inconstant adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

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

unfastc888

unstathelfasteOE

unsteadfasta1200

fleeting?c1225

changeablea1275

ficklea1275

unstablec1290

waveringc1315

flickerc1325

loose in the haftc1325

motleyc1380

unsadc1384

variablea1387

variantc1386

ticklec1400

inconstant1402

flitting1413

brittle1420

plianta1425

mutablec1425

shittle1440

shittle-witted1448

moonishc1450

unconstant1483

unfirm1483

varying?a1500

pliablea1513

fluctuant1575

changeling1577

shittle-headed1580

cheverel1583

off and on1583

chameleon-like1589

changeful1590

limber1602

unsteady1604

ticklish1606

skittish1609

startling1619

labile1623

uncertaina1625

cheverelized1625

remuant1625

fluctuate1631

fluctuary1632

various1636

contrarious1643

epileptical1646

fluxilea1654

shittle-braineda1655

multivolent1656

totter-headed1662

on and off1668

self-inconsistent1678

weathercocka1680

whifflinga1680

versatile1682

veering1684

fast and loose1697

inconsistent1709

insteadfast1728

unfixing1810

unsteadied1814

chameleonic1821

labefact1874

ballastless1884

weathercocky1886

whiffle-minded1902

1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton c vj And by the contrarye the man unconstaunt..falleth in to many vyces and synnes.

a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 570 in Poems (1981) 129 Traisting in vther als greit vnfaithfulnes, Als vnconstant, and als vntrew of fay.

1579 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) ii. iii. f. 60^v All men are ignorant and as frayle and vnconstant as the shadowe of smoke.

1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 26 b To some, stout hardinesse, and deuout holinesse, haue been alwaies proper and naturall, who neuerthelesse are worldlings and vnconstant.

1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 89 For the Ægyptians as others report of them, are men vnconstant, raging, proude,..desirous of nouelties.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 229 They found the King either wilfull or unconstant.

1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 25 The Will of the Soveraign, which is as unconstant as his Passions.

1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit v. 10 Bull..was..of a very unconstant Temper.

in combination.1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 194 A mutable, wavering, unconstant minded person.

b. spec. Unfaithful in love or wedlock.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [adjective] > in love

unconstant1561

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unfaithful

unconstant1561

unfaithful1828

two-timing1927

1561 Chaucer's Wks. 340 A balade whiche Chaucer made agaynst women vnconstaunt.

a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. I2^v My vnconstant Queene, Who spots my nuptiall bed with infamie.

1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King iv. sig. H1^v Shee liues to tell thee thou art more vnconstant Then all ill women euer were together.

1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iv. 41 I am grown jealous of my Mistriss, several Reports declare she is unconstant.

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 196 To reclaim The hero's love,..If e'er, devoted to a stranger's charms, He stray'd, unconstant, to her widow'd arms.

c. Of actions, conduct, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > of feeling or conduct

lightc1475

variable?a1505

unconstantc1550

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 78 Thai culd nocht meruel aneucht of his onconstant ansuer.

1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. C.v^v Men do smarte not through your words but your vnconstant deeds.

1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxxxvii. 225 Without which, nor his Greatnes, nor his Wits, Could ward him from the Kings vnconstant fits.

1621 F. Quarles Hadassa Introd. Bleare-eyd mortals,..with vnconstant frailty,..vary From what is good, to what is cleane contrary.

1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Penitent 66 My good Thoughts are unconstant and Changeable.

a. = inconstant adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective]

slidinga900

wankleeOE

windyc1000

unsteadfastc1200

fleeting?c1225

loose?c1225

brotelc1315

unstablec1340

varyingc1340

variantc1374

motleyc1380

ungroundedc1380

muablea1393

passiblea1393

remuablea1393

changeablea1398

movablea1398

variablec1397

slidderya1400

ticklec1400

variantc1412

flitting1413

mutable?a1425

movingc1425

flaskisable1430

flickering1430

transmutablec1430

vertible1447

brittlea1450

ficklea1450

permutablec1450

unfirmc1450

uncertain1477

turnable1483

unsteadfast1483

vagrantc1522

inconstant1526

alterable?1531

stirringc1540

slippery1548

various1552

slid?1553

mutala1561

rolling1561

weathery1563

unconstant1568

interchangeable1574

fluctuant1575

stayless1575

transitive1575

voluble1575

changeling1577

queasy1579

desultory1581

huff-puff1582

unstaid1586

vagrant1586

changeful1590

floating1594

Protean1594

unstayed1594

swimming1596

anchorless1597

mobilec1600

ticklish1601

catching1603

labile1603

unrooted1604

quicksilvered1605

versatile1605

insubstantial1607

uncertain1609

brandling1611

rootless1611

squeasy1611

wind-changinga1616

insolid1618

ambulatory1625

versatilous1629

plastic1633

desultorious1637

unbottomed1641

fluid1642

fluent1648

yea-and-nay1648

versipellous1650

flexile1651

uncentred1652

variating1653

chequered1656

slideable1662

transchangeative1662

weathercock-like1663

flicketing1674

fluxa1677

lapsable1678

wanton1681

veering1684

upon the weathercock1702

contingent1703

unsettled?1726

fermentable1731

afloat1757

brickle1768

wavy1795

vagarious1798

unsettled1803

fitful1810

metamorphosical1811

undulating1815

tittupya1817

titubant1817

mutative1818

papier mâché1818

teetotum1819

vacillating1822

capricious1823

sensitive1828

quicksilvery1829

unengrafted1829

fluxionala1834

proteiform1833

liquid1835

tottlish1835

kaleidoscopic1846

versative1846

kaleidoscopical1858

tottery1861

choppy1865

variative1874

variational1879

wimbly-wambly1881

fluctuable1882

shifty1882

giveable1884

shifty1884

tippy1886

mutatory1890

upsettable1890

rocky1897

undulatory1897

streaky1898

tottly1905

tipply1906

up and down1907

inertialess1927

sometimey1946

rise-and-fall1950

switchable1961

1568 T. Hill Certaine Husbandly Coniectures ii. f. 59^v, in Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) Ye wynter shalbe wyndie & vnstable, the Spring wyndy, & vnconstant of weather.

1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis xvii. 15 As unconstant and variable as are the waters.

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. viii. §2. 284 Error is alwayes vnconstant, and neuer true vnto it selfe.

a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) Sol. iii. 15 Vnconstant earth! what can thy treasure show, That is not, like thy self, unconstant too?

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 79 An unconstant and unequal decay.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 3 Being kept in an unconstant Temper, it decays in a little time.

1721 A. Ramsay Keitha 93 The powers..dinna like to gie o'er meikle trust To this unconstant earth, with what's divine.

b. = inconstant adj. 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > wandering

inconstant1598

unconstant?1610

squanderinga1616

vagarish1801

?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse ii. sig. D3^v Neuer did my vnconstant eie yet greet That beautie.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unconstant
释义	† unconstantadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1 Obsolete. 1. a. = inconstant adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] unfastc888 unstathelfasteOE unsteadfasta1200 fleeting?c1225 changeablea1275 ficklea1275 unstablec1290 waveringc1315 flickerc1325 loose in the haftc1325 motleyc1380 unsadc1384 variablea1387 variantc1386 ticklec1400 inconstant1402 flitting1413 brittle1420 plianta1425 mutablec1425 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 moonishc1450 unconstant1483 unfirm1483 varying?a1500 pliablea1513 fluctuant1575 changeling1577 shittle-headed1580 cheverel1583 off and on1583 chameleon-like1589 changeful1590 limber1602 unsteady1604 ticklish1606 skittish1609 startling1619 labile1623 uncertaina1625 cheverelized1625 remuant1625 fluctuate1631 fluctuary1632 various1636 contrarious1643 epileptical1646 fluxilea1654 shittle-braineda1655 multivolent1656 totter-headed1662 on and off1668 self-inconsistent1678 weathercocka1680 whifflinga1680 versatile1682 veering1684 fast and loose1697 inconsistent1709 insteadfast1728 unfixing1810 unsteadied1814 chameleonic1821 labefact1874 ballastless1884 weathercocky1886 whiffle-minded1902 1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton c vj And by the contrarye the man unconstaunt..falleth in to many vyces and synnes. a1505 R. Henryson Test. Cresseid 570 in Poems (1981) 129 Traisting in vther als greit vnfaithfulnes, Als vnconstant, and als vntrew of fay. 1579 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) ii. iii. f. 60^v All men are ignorant and as frayle and vnconstant as the shadowe of smoke. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo Ciuile Conuersat. (1586) i. 26 b To some, stout hardinesse, and deuout holinesse, haue been alwaies proper and naturall, who neuerthelesse are worldlings and vnconstant. 1602 W. Fulbecke Pandectes 89 For the Ægyptians as others report of them, are men vnconstant, raging, proude,..desirous of nouelties. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 229 They found the King either wilfull or unconstant. 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 25 The Will of the Soveraign, which is as unconstant as his Passions. 1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit v. 10 Bull..was..of a very unconstant Temper. in combination.1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie ii. 194 A mutable, wavering, unconstant minded person. b. spec. Unfaithful in love or wedlock. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unfaithfulness > [adjective] > in love unconstant1561 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [adjective] > unfaithful unconstant1561 unfaithful1828 two-timing1927 1561 Chaucer's Wks. 340 A balade whiche Chaucer made agaynst women vnconstaunt. a1593 C. Marlowe Edward II (1594) sig. I2^v My vnconstant Queene, Who spots my nuptiall bed with infamie. 1619 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King iv. sig. H1^v Shee liues to tell thee thou art more vnconstant Then all ill women euer were together. 1677 T. D'Urfey Madam Fickle iv. 41 I am grown jealous of my Mistriss, several Reports declare she is unconstant. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 196 To reclaim The hero's love,..If e'er, devoted to a stranger's charms, He stray'd, unconstant, to her widow'd arms. c. Of actions, conduct, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > of feeling or conduct lightc1475 variable?a1505 unconstantc1550 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xi. 78 Thai culd nocht meruel aneucht of his onconstant ansuer. 1563 B. Googe Eglogs Epytaphes & Sonettes sig. C.v^v Men do smarte not through your words but your vnconstant deeds. 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) viii. lxxxvii. 225 Without which, nor his Greatnes, nor his Wits, Could ward him from the Kings vnconstant fits. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa Introd. Bleare-eyd mortals,..with vnconstant frailty,..vary From what is good, to what is cleane contrary. 1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Penitent 66 My good Thoughts are unconstant and Changeable. 2. a. = inconstant adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 1568 T. Hill Certaine Husbandly Coniectures ii. f. 59^v, in Proffitable Arte Gardening (rev. ed.) Ye wynter shalbe wyndie & vnstable, the Spring wyndy, & vnconstant of weather. 1592 tr. F. Du Jon Apocalypsis xvii. 15 As unconstant and variable as are the waters. a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. viii. §2. 284 Error is alwayes vnconstant, and neuer true vnto it selfe. a1644 F. Quarles Solomons Recantation (1645) Sol. iii. 15 Vnconstant earth! what can thy treasure show, That is not, like thy self, unconstant too? 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 79 An unconstant and unequal decay. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 3 Being kept in an unconstant Temper, it decays in a little time. 1721 A. Ramsay Keitha 93 The powers..dinna like to gie o'er meikle trust To this unconstant earth, with what's divine. b. = inconstant adj. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [adjective] > wandering inconstant1598 unconstant?1610 squanderinga1616 vagarish1801 ?1610 J. Fletcher Faithfull Shepheardesse ii. sig. D3^v Neuer did my vnconstant eie yet greet That beautie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1483
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