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fickle-minded

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[fik-uhl-mahyn-did] / ˈfɪk əlˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

  1. (of a person) prone to casual change; inconstant.


Etymology

Origin of fickle-minded

First recorded in 1590–1600

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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 Alfred Wellesley Rees

All this, though they were scarcely ever alone, formed a perfect understanding between them, and quickly banished the image of Caroline from the vain and fickle-minded Alphingham.

From The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

Then we quietly continued along the ridge of a high bluff until we came to an outstretched point, where beneath us lay the Snake Valley with its fickle-minded river winding through.

From A Woman Tenderfoot by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson

I cannot think you fickle-minded, For you were always very kind to me; Fate's thunderclap by which my eyes are blinded Rewards my old, forgotten sins, I see.

From Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works by Kalidasa

I didn't want to bother my husband about it," she said to Dorothy, "for he thinks I'm so fickle-minded; but truly, it isn't that.

From The Dorrance Domain by Carolyn Wells

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