fickle-minded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fickle-minded
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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A recent shift of channel by the fickle-minded Mica Creek had undermined almost to the door of this snug little home, and Andy reckoned it would go down river on the next spring rise.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
The chosen site was a shallow depression, scratched in the soil by a fickle-minded rabbit that had ultimately fixed on another spot for her abiding place.
From Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain by Rees, Alfred Wellesley
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
But the fickle-minded maiden vowed again to wed To young Warren who lived in that place; It was a fatal blow that caused his overthrow And added to her shame and disgrace.
From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various
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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