different between immethodical vs inconstant

English

Etymology

From im- +? methodical.

Adjective

immethodical (comparative more immethodical, superlative most immethodical)

1. (obsolete) Unmethodical.
   • 1659, John Milton, Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church, Pontefract: Charles Elcock, 1831, p. 20,^[1]

     Yet not so much through their own fault, as through the unskilful and immethodical teaching of their pastor, teaching here and there at random out of this and that text, as his ease or fancy, and oft-times as his stealth guides him.

   • 1728, Daniel Defoe, Augusta Triumphans: or, the Way to Make London the Most Flourishing City in the Universe, London: J. Roberts, p. 27,^[2]

     I must beg my reader’s indulgence, being the most immethodical writer imaginable. It is true I lay down a scheme, but fancy is so fertile I often start fresh hints, and cannot but pursue them; pardon therefore, kind reader, my digressive way of writing, and let the subject, not the style or method, engage thy attention.

   • 1817, Jane Austen, Persuasion, Chapter 21,^[3]

     The letter I am looking for was one written by Mr Elliot to him before our marriage, and happened to be saved; why, one can hardly imagine. But he was careless and immethodical, like other men, about those things; and when I came to examine his papers, I found it with others still more trivial, from different people scattered here and there, while many letters and memorandums of real importance had been destroyed.

   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, “A Tale of the Ragged Mountains” in The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, New York: The Brampton Society, 1902, Volume 5, p. 77,^[4]

     In the quivering of a leaf—in the hue of a blade of grass—in the shape of a trefoil—in the humming of a bee—in the gleaming of a dew-drop—in the breathing of the wind—in the faint odors that came from the forest—there came a whole universe of suggestion—a gay and motley train of rhapsodical and immethodical thought.

Derived terms

• immethodically
• immethodicalness

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• inconstaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French inconstant

Adjective

inconstant (comparative more inconstant, superlative most inconstant)

1. Not constant; wavering.
2. Unfaithful to a lover.

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From in- +? constant.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /i?.kons?tant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /i?.kuns?tan/

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

inconstant (masculine and feminine plural inconstants)

1. inconstant

   Antonym: constant

Related terms

• inconstància

Further reading

• “inconstant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inconstant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inconstant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inconstant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From in- +? constant.

Adjective

inconstant (feminine singular inconstante, masculine plural inconstants, feminine plural inconstantes)

1. inconstant

Further reading

• “inconstant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French inconstant.

Adjective

inconstant m or n (feminine singular inconstant?, masculine plural inconstan?i, feminine and neuter plural inconstante)

1. inconstant

Declension