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单词 vacillant
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vacillantadj.

/ˈvasɪlənt/
Etymology: < Latin vacillant-, vacillans, present participle of vacillāre : see vacillate adj. So French vacillant (14th cent.).
1. Uncertain, hesitating, wavering.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]
twiredec888
orrathc1175
twofoldc1175
twifoldc1200
waveringc1315
uncertain1382
suspensec1440
mammeringa1450
flowing?1504
floghtering1521
vacillant1521
in a mammering1532
double-minded1552
unstaid1561
unresolute1570
unresolved?1571
staggeringa1577
frittle1579
irresolute1579
cheverel1583
off and on1583
halting1585
unsettleda1593
unresolving1599
demurring1607
waving1611
suspensive1614
hoveringa1616
startling1619
irresolved1621
hesitating1622
indetermined1628
variousa1643
branling1645
hesitant1647
non-sincere1656
hesitatious1657
humdrum1660
shuttlecock1660
yea-and-nay1672
swaying1688
interpendent1708
undetermined1718
Squadronec1720
hesitatorya1734
volanta1734
shilly-shally1734
dilly-dally1749
niffy-naffy1765
wiggle-waggle1778
undecided1779
undecisive1780
indecisive1787
conflicted1789
hesitative1795
undeciding1802
vacillating1814
yea-nay1827
demurrant1836
willy-nilly1839
shilly-shallying1842
oscillative1852
Hamletish1854
vacillatory1854
dilly-dallying1879
thistledown1897
weak-principled1913
not-quite1920
off-again on-again1923
dithery1931
havering1975
1521 in H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge 3rd balade sig. s.iiiv With hert contrite accepte my supplicacion Aydynge my fraylete and lyfe vacillaunt.
1662 H. More Gen. Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) Pref. Gen. p. v Because the reason of Universal Nature, and of Man, ought to stand firm on all sides, and to be no where vacillant.
1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 715/1 The vacillant, magnanimous, simple-hearted Levin.
2. Entomology. Unsteady; swaying readily.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [adjective] > having or relating to parts > of or having stamens or pistils > of or having stamens or male > of or having anthers and related parts
incumbent1760
versatile1760
antheral1795
antheriferous1799
monothecal1849
vacillant1860
connectival1866
trajectile1900
monothecous1945
1860 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. 1319/1 Vacillans, applied to anthers when they are oblong, attached by the middle of their length, and mobile; vacillant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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