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fickler

fickler is the comparative form of fickle.

Meaning of fickle

Adjective

fickle (comparative fickler or more fickle, superlative ficklest or most fickle)

  1. 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.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (figuratively) Changeable.
    • fickle breeze

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Questions about fickler

What is fickler the comparative form of?
Fickler is the comparative form of fickle.

Words near fickler in the dictionary

  1. fickle mistress
  2. fickle mistresses
  3. fickled
  4. fickleness
  5. ficklenesses
  6. fickler
  7. fickles
  8. ficklesome
  9. ficklest
  10. fickleties
  11. ficklety

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