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Inconstancy — In*con stan*cy, n. [L. inconstantia.] The quality or state of being inconstant; lack of constancy; mutability; fickleness; variableness. [1913 Webster] For unto knight there was no greater shame, Than lightness and inconstancie in love. Spenser.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
inconstancy — index disloyalty, inconsistency, infidelity, lapse (expiration), revolt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
inconstancy — noun Lack of constancy; lack of consistency in thought, emotion or action. Although she loved him for many years, his inconstancy eventually drove her to another … Wiktionary
inconstancy — promiscuity Used of those with regular sexual partners: Inconstancy was so much the rule among the British residents in Cairo, the place, she thought, was a bureau of sexual exchange. (Manning, 1978) … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
inconstancy — inconstant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ frequently changing; variable or irregular. DERIVATIVES inconstancy noun … English terms dictionary
inconstancy — noun Date: 1526 the quality or state of being inconstant … New Collegiate Dictionary
inconstancy — in·con·stan·cy (ĭn kŏnʹstən sē) n. pl. in·con·stan·cies 1. The state or quality of being eccentrically variable or fickle. 2. An instance of being eccentrically variable or fickle. * * * … Universalium
inconstancy — Synonyms and related words: Punic faith, ambitendency, ambivalence, arrhythmia, bad faith, barratry, breach of faith, breach of promise, breach of trust, brokenness, capriciousness, change of mind, changeability, changeableness, choppiness,… … Moby Thesaurus
inconstancy — in·con·stan·cy || ɪn kÉ‘nstÉ™nsɪ / kÉ’n n. lack of constancy, changeability, fickleness … English contemporary dictionary
inconstancy — n. 1. Changeableness, fickleness, vacillation, wavering, unsteadiness. 2. Unstableness, instability, mutability, variableness … New dictionary of synonyms
