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weathercockish

weathercockish adjective: fickle or changeable in one's views.

Adjective

weathercockish (comparative more weathercockish, superlative most weathercockish)

  1. Fickle or changeable in one's views.
    Synonyms:
    weathercocky

Synonyms of weathercockish

Forms of weathercockish

comparativemore weathercockish
superlativemost weathercockish

Origin of weathercockish

From weathercock + -ish.

Questions about weathercockish

What does weathercockish mean?
Weathercockish means fickle or changeable in one's views.
What part of speech is weathercockish?
Weathercockish is an adjective.

Words near weathercockish in the dictionary

  1. weathercasters
  2. weathercasts
  3. weathercock
  4. weathercocked
  5. weathercocking
  6. weathercockish
  7. weathercocks
  8. weathercocky
  9. weatherdeck
  10. weatherdecks
  11. weathered

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