Fickle Definition

fĭkəl
adjective
fickler, ficklest
Changeable or unstable in affection, interest, loyalty, etc.; capricious.
Webster's New World

Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.

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verb
Wiktionary

(UK dialectal) To puzzle; perplex; nonplus.

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Other Word Forms of Fickle

Adjective

Base Form:
fickle
Comparative:
fickler
Superlative:
ficklest

Origin of Fickle

  • From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English fikil, fikil, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky , deceitful”), equivalent to fike +‎ -le. More at fike.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English fikel from Old English ficol deceitful

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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