vacillant

American

[vas-uh-luhnt] / ˈvæs ə lənt /

adjective

wavering; hesitant; indecisive; vacillating.

Etymology

Origin of vacillant

1515–25; < Latin vacillant- (stem of vacillāns ), present participle of vacillāre to vacillate; see -ant

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vacillant

The business could not hold young Weldon's vacillant temperament for long; neither could Diana.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

And life became as easy to bear as a vacillant vision seen in dream.

From The Created Legend by John Cournos

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