fickleness
11fickleness — noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous • Syn: ↑faithlessness, ↑falseness, ↑inconstancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑inconstant (for: ↑inconstancy), ↑fickle, ↑ …
12fickle — fickleness, n. /fik euhl/, adj. 1. likely to change, esp. due to caprice, irresolution, or instability; casually changeable: fickle weather. 2. not constant or loyal in affections: a fickle lover. [bef. 1000; ME fikel, OE ficol deceitful, akin to …
13Epistle to the Galatians — Epistle to the Galatians † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Epistle to the Galatians GALATIA In the course of centuries, gallic tribes, related to those that invaded Italy and sacked Rome, wandered east through Illyricum and Pannonia. At… …
14Instabilities — Instability In sta*bil i*ty, n.; pl. {Instabilities}. [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit[ e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail;… …
15Instability — In sta*bil i*ty, n.; pl. {Instabilities}. [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilit[ e].] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity;… …
16Croesus — For the opera, see Croesus (opera). Croesus Receiving Tribute from a Lydian Peasant, by Claude Vignon. Croesus (   …
17Number Eight (Battlestar Galactica) — This article is about the characters from the reimagining of Battlestar Galactica; for the original characters, see Lieutenant Boomer and Lieutenant Athena. Number Eight Sharon Boomer Valerii Sharon Athena Agathon Battlestar Galactica character …
18English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …
19fickle — UK US /ˈfɪkl/ adjective ► likely to change suddenly and without warning: »Do Americans know how to invest in fickle markets? »The art market is as fickle and hard to predict as any other. ► likely to change your opinion or your feelings suddenly… …
20Floure and the Leaf, The — (ca. 1460–1480) The Floure and the Leaf is a 595 line MIDDLE ENGLISH poem in RHYME ROYAL stanzas that was formerly attributed to Geoffrey CHAUCER, but is certainly too late to be his. The great Chaucerian scholar W.W. Skeat included it in his… …
