• IPA: /ˈfɪk.əl/

fickle (comparative fickler, superlative ficklest)

1. Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable.
   • c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene v], page 69 ↗:

     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.

2. (figurative) Changeable.
   • 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)

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• French: inconstant, volage, lunatique, indécis, capricieux
• German: unbeständig, wankelmütig, wechselhaft, flatterhaft, launisch, unstet
• Italian: volubile, incostante, mutevole, capriccioso
• Portuguese: volúvel, caprichoso, volátil
• Russian: непостоя́нный
• Spanish: inconstante, veleidoso, voluble, pendular

• French: changeant
• German: wechselhaft, unbeständig, unstet
• Russian: переме́нчивый

fickle (fickles, present participle fickling; past and past participle fickled)

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

1. Surname