inconstancy
pronunciation
How to pronounce inconstancy in British English:
UK [ɪn'kɒnstənsɪ]
How to pronounce inconstancy in American English:
US [ɪnˈkɑnstənsi]
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- Noun:
- unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous
- the quality of being changeable and variable
Word Origin
- inconstancy (n.)
- 1520s, from Latin inconstantia (see inconstance).
Example
- 1. Constancy is therefore inconstancy held in check and confined to the same object .
- 2. Constancy in love is perpetual inconstancy , inasmuch as the heart is drawn to one quality after another in the beloved , now preferring this , now that .
- 3. Inconstancy of is a life , as weather , difficult what to change is a habit , for example taste .
- 4. Inconstancy of life is the constant theme in chinese and japanese literary classics .
- 5. The hypocrite is only constant in inconstancy .