Fickle
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fickle¹
- /ˈfɪk.əl/
Rhymes with -ɪkəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English fikil, fikel, from Old English ficol (“fickle, cunning, tricky, deceitful”), equivalent to fike + -le. More at fike.
adjective fickler · more fickle · ficklest · most fickle
- Quick to change one’s opinion or allegiance; insincere; not loyal or reliable. 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.
- Changeable. fickle breeze
fickle²
- /ˈfɪk.əl/
Rhymes with -ɪkəl
Where it comes from
From Middle English fikelen, from fikel (“fickle”); see above. Cognate with Low German fikkelen (“to deceive, flatter”), German ficklen, ficheln (“to deceive, flatter”).
verb fickles · fickling · fickled
- To deceive, flatter.
- To puzzle, perplex, nonplus.
Fickle³
proper noun Fickles
- A surname.
