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vacillant

American  
[vas-uh-luhnt] / ˈvæs ə lənt /

adjective

  1. wavering; hesitant; indecisive; vacillating. vacillating.

Etymology

Origin of vacillant

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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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