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Word entry · 6 letters

fickle

Best crossword clue

"Changing loyalties often"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈfɪk.əl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cefiklStarts with FEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. liable to sudden unpredictable change

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle, / If thou art fickle, what doſt thou with him / That is renown'd for faith? be fickle Fortune: / For then I hope thou wilt not keepe him long, / But ſend him backe.
  • Still onward winds the dreary way; ⁠I with it; for I long to prove ⁠No lapse of moons can canker Love, Whatever fickle tongues may say.
  • As night has such a local ring / And love and rock are fickle things

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