All 3 Uses of
fickle
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The maltster being rather short of breath, Mr. Coggan, after absently scrutinising a coal which had fallen among the ashes, took up the narrative, with a private twirl of his eye:— "Well, now, you'd hardly believe it, but that man—our Miss Everdene's father—was one of the ficklest husbands alive, after a while.†
Chpt 7-9
- 'a didn't want to be fickle, but he couldn't help it.†
Chpt 7-9 *
- Women are never tired of bewailing man's fickleness in love, but they only seem to snub his constancy.†
Chpt 22-24
Definition:
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(fickle) quick to change
(such as a person quick to change their mind, or the weather in a region where it changes suddenly)