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fickle

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f?k.?l/
  • Rhymes: -?k?l

Etymology 1

From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike +? -le. More at fike.

Adjective

fickle (comparative fickler or more fickle, superlative ficklest or most fickle)

  1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
  2. (figuratively) Changeable.
    • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[1]
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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).

Verb

fickle (third-person singular simple present fickles, present participle fickling, simple past and past participle fickled)

  1. (transitive) To deceive, flatter.
  2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.

Anagrams

  • Fickel

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fickly

English

Etymology

fickle +? -ly

Adverb

fickly (comparative more fickly, superlative most fickly)

  1. (obsolete) In a fickle manner.

Anagrams

  • flicky

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