fickle-minded
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fickle-minded
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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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
"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 Anton Otto Fischer
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 L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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
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 Mark Twain
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