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Language: Old English
Origin: ficol 'deceiving'

fickle

 adjective
     
fick‧le
1 someone who is fickle is always changing their mind about people or things that they like, so that you cannot depend on them - used to show disapproval:
an unpredictable and fickle lover
2 something such as weather that is fickle often changes suddenly
—fickleness noun [uncountable]
the fickleness of fame
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