inconstancy (n.)

1520s, of persons, "fickleness;" 1610s, of things, "mutability, irregularity," from Latin inconstantia "inconstancy, fickleness," abstract noun from inconstans "changeable, inconsistent" (see inconstant).

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inconstant (adj.)

c. 1400, "fickle, not steadfast," from Old French inconstant "variable, eccentric" (14c.), from Latin inconstantem (nominative inconstans) "changeable, fickle, capricious," from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + constantem (see constant). Related: Inconstantly.

inconstance (n.)

late 14c., inconstaunce, "changeableness in action, feeling, etc.; fickleness, unsteadiness," from Old French inconstance "inconstancy, instability" (13c.) and directly from Latin inconstantia "inconstancy, fickleness," abstract noun from inconstans "changeable, inconsistent" (see inconstant). In English, inconstancy is now the usual word.

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Definitions of inconstancy

inconstancy (n.)

unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous;

Synonyms: faithlessness / falseness / fickleness

inconstancy (n.)

the quality of being changeable and variable;

Synonyms: changefulness

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