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vacillant

[ vas-uh-luhnt ]
/ ˈvæs ə lənt /
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adjective
wavering; hesitant; indecisive; vacillating.
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Origin of vacillant

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

Words nearby vacillant

vacciniform, vaccinization, vaccinology, Vachel, Vacherin, vacillant, vacillate, vacillating, vacillation, vacillator, vacillatory
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Words related to vacillant

afraid, averse, backward, dawdling, delaying, diffident, disinclined, doubtful, doubting, faltering, half-hearted, halting, hanging back, hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, lazy, loath, pendulous, reluctant

How to use vacillant in a sentence

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

    Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society|Edith Van Dyne

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

    The Created Legend|Feodor Sologub
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