fickle.
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
Meaning & usage
Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
Changeable.
fickle breeze
fickle stock market
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. More at fike.
To deceive, flatter.
To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).
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