inconstancy

  • 1Inconstancy — 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

  • 2inconstancy — index disloyalty, inconsistency, infidelity, lapse (expiration), revolt Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3inconstancy — (n.) 1520s, from L. inconstantia (see INCONSTANCE (Cf. inconstance)) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4inconstancy — 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 …

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  • 5inconstancy —    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

  • 6inconstancy — inconstant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ frequently changing; variable or irregular. DERIVATIVES inconstancy noun …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7inconstancy — noun Date: 1526 the quality or state of being inconstant …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 8inconstancy — 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

  • 9inconstancy — 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

  • 10inconstancy — in·con·stan·cy || ɪn kÉ‘nstÉ™nsɪ / kÉ’n n. lack of constancy, changeability, fickleness …

    English contemporary dictionary