unsteadfastnessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfɑːs(t)nəs/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfas(t)nəs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈstɛdˌfæstnəs/

Etymology: < unsteadfast adj.

The quality of being unsteadfast:

a. Of persons or conduct.

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

a1300 Cursor Mundi 27793 O suernes cums..vnstedfastnes, o will wandring.

1384 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 526 A ful gret neglygence Was it to the to write onstedefast-nesse Of women.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 Onstedefastnesse, instabilitas.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxliiij^v Then was rehersed to the Frenchemen their doublenes, [and] their vnstedfastnes.

1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 356/2 Wherefore I doubt..Her variance and unsteadfastnes.

1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) ii. 91 The falsenesse and unstedfastnesse of our Hearts.

1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Persecuted 58 Let not any other Persons unsteadfastness in thy ways..cause me to waver.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 90 God, in answer, promises to heal..their fickleness and unsteadfastness.

1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 298 Many times I cursed the unsteadfastness of my eyes.

b. Of life, fortune, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > of life, fortune, etc.

unsteadfastness?1508

?1508 Balade in Sir Eglamour (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cviii^v Sen in this Warld thare is no sekernes..I tak my leve at all vnstedfastnes.

1561 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salve (1572) 5 O the vnstedfastnesse of mans life!

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxix. 150 b By chaunge of time and vnstedfastnesse of fortune this so flourishing a citie is brought to..ruine.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unsteadfastness
释义	unsteadfastnessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfɑːs(t)nəs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈstɛdfas(t)nəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈstɛdˌfæstnəs/ Etymology: < unsteadfast adj. The quality of being unsteadfast: a. Of persons or conduct. 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 a1300 Cursor Mundi 27793 O suernes cums..vnstedfastnes, o will wandring. 1384 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 526 A ful gret neglygence Was it to the to write onstedefast-nesse Of women. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 Onstedefastnesse, instabilitas. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxliiij^v Then was rehersed to the Frenchemen their doublenes, [and] their vnstedfastnes. 1598 Chaucers Dreame in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 356/2 Wherefore I doubt..Her variance and unsteadfastnes. 1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) ii. 91 The falsenesse and unstedfastnesse of our Hearts. 1694 J. Kettlewell Compan. for Persecuted 58 Let not any other Persons unsteadfastness in thy ways..cause me to waver. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 90 God, in answer, promises to heal..their fickleness and unsteadfastness. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 298 Many times I cursed the unsteadfastness of my eyes. b. Of life, fortune, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > of life, fortune, etc. unsteadfastness?1508 ?1508 Balade in Sir Eglamour (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cviii^v Sen in this Warld thare is no sekernes..I tak my leve at all vnstedfastnes. 1561 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salve (1572) 5 O the vnstedfastnesse of mans life! 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iv. xxix. 150 b By chaunge of time and vnstedfastnesse of fortune this so flourishing a citie is brought to..ruine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1300
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