mutable
[ myoo-tuh-buhl ]
/ ˈmyu tə bəl /
adjective
liable or subject to change or alteration.
given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune.
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mutable
/ (ˈmjuːtəbəl) /
adjective
able to or tending to change
astrology of or relating to four of the signs of the zodiac, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces, which are associated with the quality of adaptabilityCompare cardinal (def. 9), fixed (def. 10)
Derived forms of mutable
mutability or rare mutableness, nounmutably, adverbWord Origin for mutable
C14: from Latin mūtābilis fickle, from mūtāre to change
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