fickle-minded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fickle-minded
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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He says he was always a fickle-minded fellow, one fancy driving another out of his mind.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Loke is fair and beautiful of face, but evil in disposition, and very fickle-minded.
From The Younger Edda Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Anderson, Rasmus Björn
"And she's just fickle-minded enough to turn up her nose at Jack if he got beat," Dade grumbled, thinking of a certain señorita.
From The Gringos by Fischer, Anton Otto
We had to drive those hogs home—ten miles; and no ladies were ever more fickle-minded or contrary.
From A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 4. by Twain, Mark
He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis
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