ficklesome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From fickle +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

ficklesome (comparative more ficklesome, superlative most ficklesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by fickleness
    • 2001, Mary E. Lyons, Knockabeg:
      "Cut, then stain with blossom juice from Blood-of-Christ bush. Sew pieces together with rose thorn needle. Hammer heel into sole with hawthorn nails. Polish with twelve drops of faery spit." 'Twas a ficklesome job, and she'd already broken two fingernails.