What does inconstant mean?
Definitions for inconstant
ɪnˈkɒn stəntin·con·stant
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Princeton's WordNet
inconstantadjective
likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable
"inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare
Wiktionary
inconstantadjective
Not constant; wavering.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
INCONSTANTadjective
Etymology: inconstant, Fr. inconstans, Latin.
He is so naturally inconstant, that I marvel his soul finds not some way to kill his body. Philip Sidney.
O swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. William Shakespeare.
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inconstant
Inconstant refers to someone or something that is not stable, steady or consistent in character, behavior, or quality. It can also imply being unpredictable, unreliable, or frequently changing.
Webster Dictionary
Inconstantadjective
not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant in love or friendship
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inconstant
in-kon′stant, adj. subject to change: fickle.—n. Incon′stancy.—adv. Incon′stantly.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inconstant in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inconstant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of inconstant in a Sentence
It was a false maxim of Domitian that he who would gain the people of Rome must promise all things and perform nothing. For when a man is known to be false in his word, instead of a column, which he might be by keeping it, for others to rest upon, he becomes a reed, which no man will vouchsafe to lean upon. Like a floating island, when we come next day to seek it, it is carried from the place we left it in, and, instead of earth to build upon, we find nothing but inconstant and deceiving waves.
Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.
Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.
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- inconstantCatalan, Valencian
- ασταθήςGreek
- malkonstantaEsperanto
- volubile, inconstantFrench
- anhickyr, kirkinagh, anchinjagh, frittagh, neuhaanaghManx
- variema, nekonstantaIdo
- incostante, volubile, discontinuoItalian
- dēvius, maritimus, mūtābilis, flexibilis, miscīx, mōbilis, īnstabilis, volāticus, lūbricus, incōnstānsLatin
- непостоянный, изменчивыйRussian
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