inconstant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inconstant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for inconstant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inconstant adj likely to change frequently often without apparent or cogent reason; variable; "inconstant affections"; "an inconstant lover"; "swear not by...the inconstant moon"- Shakespeare Antonym(s): constant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inconstant \Incon"stant\, a. [L. inconstans: cf. F. inconstant. See {In-} not, and {Constant}.] Not constant; not stable or uniform; subject to change of character, appearance, opinion, inclination, or purpose, etc.; not firm; unsteady; fickle; changeable; variable; -- said of persons or things; as, inconstant* in love or friendship. [bd]The inconstant moon.[b8] --Shak. While we, inquiring phantoms of a day, Inconstant as the shadows we survey! --Boyse. Syn: Mutable; fickle; volatile; unsteady; unstable; changeable; variable; wavering; fluctuating.